"Well, Eustace," said Aunt Jelly sharply, quite unaware of the struggle going on in her nephew's mind, "what do you say--will you do a kind action for once in your life?"
Eustace having made up his mind, came slowly back to his elderly relation and resumed his chair.
"I'm sorry you've got such a bad opinion of me, Aunt Jelly," he said coolly, "and I'll have much pleasure in proving you're wrong for once in your life, by going down to Ellington Hall, and having a talk with Guy."
"That's right," replied Miss Corbin, much gratified. "And I suppose you'll have a look at your own place."
"Of course!"
"I thought so, you never did a thing in your life without a double motive," said Aunt Jelly, unjustly. "However, I don't care two straws what you go down for, so long as you try and put things right between those two idiots."
"Kindly opinion you've got of human nature, Aunt."
"No doubt, I have," retorted Miss Jelly, coolly, "but that's human nature's own fault, not mine."
"Do you remember what wise La Rochefoucauld says?" observed Eustace, thoughtfully. "'Many people judge the world as if they were its judges, and not its denizens.' That is true, I think."
"I don't like your cut and dried wisdom, Mr. Quoter-of-old-saws," replied Aunt Jelly, "there's sure to be a flaw in it somewhere."