"Everything's ready as I promised, you know."
Frank looked at the heiress and he thought her face was changed.
"You look tired, you have done too much for us—but I'll just say it once, Miss Whitburn."
"No, say Toney; I shall be sort of sister now, shan't I?"
He laughed.
"Well, Toney, I'll just say it once, that we owe all our great happiness to you, and that we can never forget it. Jeanie isn't demonstrative, but she never forgets."
"She never forgot you, did she? But you needn't say 'thank you' because I'm grateful to you. If it hadn't been for what I saw in your faces I might have made a great mistake."
"Is there——?"
"No—but I may as well confess. Sort of relieves me. I might have said 'yes' to the wrong man."
"The right man will come," said Frank softly. "You deserve the best."