“I see.”
“Yes. Know him and his ma pretty well, do you?”
“Slightly. I’ve met them, at mutual acquaintances’ homes and about town.”
“Pretty well fixed, I s’pose, ain’t they?”
“I presume so. I don’t know.”
“Um. He’s a sociable young feller, ain’t he? Don’t stand on any ceremony, hey? Caro and Steve think a lot of him and his mother.”
“Yes. Graves has told me the Dunns were very intimate with the Warrens. In fact, just before your brother’s death, I remember hearing a rumor that the two families might be even closer connected.”
“You mean—er—Caroline and—er—him?”
“There was such a rumor. Probably nothing in it. There is no engagement, I am very sure.”
“Yes, yes, I see. Well, Mr. Sylvester, I must be trottin’ on. I’ll think the whole business over for another day or so and then give you my decision, one way or the other.”