"I've never seen such eyes," he exclaimed.
"She's a darling," said Sara and changed the subject, knowing full well that he would come back to it before long. "Is it true that Vivian and Mr. Booth are interested in each other?"
"Yes and no," he replied, with a profound sigh. "That is to say, she's interested in him and he isn't interested in her—in the way I take you to mean it. I suspect it's an easy matter for a girl to fall in love with Brandy. He's a corking fine chap."
"Then it would be very nice for Vivian, eh?"
"Oh, quite so—quite so. His forbears came over with Noah, according to mother. You know mother, Sara."
"Indeed I do," said she with conviction.
He laughed without restraint. "Mother can rattle off the best families in the Bible without missing a name, beginning with the Honourable Adam. Of course, she knows the Glynns and the Castletons and the Murgatroyds, although I dare say they haven't had much to do with the Bible. Come to think of it, she did go to the trouble of looking up the Castleton family in the Debrett."
"She did?" exclaimed Sara, with a slight narrowing of the eyes.
"Yes. She established the connection all right enough. She's keen for Miss Castleton."
"Oh," said she, relieved. After a moment: "And you?"