A sudden panic came over her.

“Oh no, thank you. I just wanted to know what had been done. I've come up on purpose to see George. You told me that I——”

Mr. Paramor hastened to her aid.

“Yes, yes; quite right—quite right.”

“Horace hasn't come with me.”

“Good!”

“He and George sometimes don't quite——”

“Hit it off? They're too much alike.”

“Do you think so? I never saw——”

“Not in face, not in face; but they've both got——”