Gallatin smiled.
“I’m hardly the sort of person any girl could afford to marry,” he said slowly.
“Does Jane Loring think so?” she persisted.
“She has every reason to think so,” he muttered.
“You’re not engaged?” she protested quickly.
“No,” he said promptly.
She gave a sigh of relief.
“Oh—that’s all I wanted to know.”
Something unfamiliar in the tones of her voice caused him to look at his companion.
“What did you want to know for, Nina?” he questioned.