"Then I shall be up a tree, because I want it close by. I shall want to see after it, and you promised you would help me, and Uncle Evas will be awfully interested."
Lewis gave a side glance at Toney. She was perfectly in earnest.
"We must manage it somehow I see. You'll give me a night to consider it in, won't you?"
"Of course! I've been thinking of it ever since I knew my General had left me his money. I've made lovely plans about all sorts of things."
"You have built castles in Spain?"
"No, only a stone house at Aldersfield. It will be hard work I know, but I love what Mr. Hales calls 'the strenuous life.'"
"You always were active-minded, but I think you will live to repent your palace."
"But you won't laugh about it, and you'll help, won't you?" Toney was very much in earnest. Lewis paused and took her hand suddenly.
"Of course I will. It is very, very good of you to trust me. It's a compact."
Toney looked at him suddenly. A faint blush spread where there was room, then the nervousness passed away.