"Then," he said, "for another thing, he's disappointed about having to give up an English visit he had looked forward to."
He saw a gleam that suggested comprehension in her eyes.
"You mean that he is badly disappointed?"
"Yes," said Edgar; "I really think he is."
He left her to make what she liked of this, and he imagined that there was something to be inferred from it. He thought it might be wise to give her a hint that George's affections were already engaged.
"Besides," he resumed, "it's no secret that the loss of his harvest hit him pretty hard. We'll have to curtail our spring operation in several ways and study economy."
Flora glanced toward the door of the room her father had entered with George. Edgar thought she had done so unconsciously; but it was somewhat suggestive, though he could not see what it implied.
"Well," she said, "I'm inclined to believe that he'll get over his difficulties."
"So am I," Edgar agreed. "George isn't easy to defeat."
In the meanwhile Grant sat in the next room, smoking thoughtfully and asking George rather direct questions about his farming.