Vivian's smile was slow but triumphant. "That is just what I thought. There you are! Doesn't that explain Sara?"
"In a measure, yes. But, you see, it developed that Hetty cared for some one else, and that put a stop to everything."
"Am I to take it that you are the some one else?"
"Yes," said he soberly.
"Then, may I ask why she went away so suddenly?"
"You may ask but I can't answer."
"Do you want my opinion? She went away because Sara, failing in her plan to marry her off to Leslie, decided that it would be fatal to a certain project of her own if she remained on the field of action. Do I make myself clear?"
"Oh, you are away off in your conclusions, Viv."
"Time will tell," was her cabalistic rejoinder.
Her father appeared on the lawn below and called up to them.