"Oh, I can do that, Toney, before I go."

"You are always good and kind. When will you come back?"

"I've no plans, it depends."

"On what?—on Maud, of course."

"Of course, if Aunt Delia and Maud go away I can't stay away too long."

"Why should they go?"

"No reason, so I expect they'll stay."

"Maud is very unselfish."

"Yes—but unselfish women are not always easy to deal with."

They turned into a path leading to the front of Waycott Hall, and Toney remarked,