"Yes," said Ethel. "You seem to have the gift of arriving at correct conclusions."
"He's an elderly man—a business man of his cousin's stamp—I presume?"
Ethel laughed.
"Oh, no; they're of very different type. I should imagine that he's younger than you are. He was at Herbert's one afternoon when you called."
"Ah!" said Bland. "I shall, no doubt, get to know him when next I come down."
Then he talked about other matters until he left her, and after a while he found Kettering alone.
"Did you ever meet George Lansing?" he asked.
"Oh, yes," said his host. "I know his cousin better."
"He has been out in Canada, hasn't he?"
"Yes; went out to look after Mrs. Marston's property. I understand he has been more or less successful."