She watched the effect of her words, and for an instant felt the old pang, the old bitterness. But Harvey's confusion of feeling soon passed, giving way to a satisfaction that could not be mistaken.
'Who has told you?'
'The happy man himself.'
'I am glad—heartily glad! But I didn't think it would interest you so much.'
'Oh, women—marriages——!'
She threw a pretty scorn upon herself.
'Yes, that's good news. They will suit each other. But she'll give up her school, and that's a nuisance.'
'There are others as good.'
'But not here. Another removal, I suppose.—When is it to be?'
'Not till the Easter holidays.'