Verty smiled.
"I like that," he said.
"So do I—but Mr. Ralph is so—"
"What, Miss Redbud?" said Ralph, laughing, "eh?"
"Oh, I did'nt know—"
"I heard you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, at least I did. I don't see why I should not be affectionate to
Fanny—"
"Humph!" from Fanny.
"She is my dearest cousin—is Miss Fanny Temple; and we have been in love with each other for the last twenty years, more or less!"