And then he cried out, seeing Guy Overton on a stool:
“Hullo, you here? Why, I thought that this was one of your school days.”
Amber had never before heard him speak in so boisterous a tone. He usually spoke in a low voice.
And she had also noticed that Josephine had laughed much louder than was her wont.
But she was sure that Josephine had not been rude to him. Josephine was not one of those horrid girls who cannot be clever without being rude.
CHAPTER XVI
Guy has been telling me all about his great investment,” cried Amber. “You never mentioned it to us, Mr. Winwood. But perhaps you didn’t hear of it?”
“You were the first one to whom I told it,” said Guy looking at her sentimentally. His tone was syrupy with sentimentality.