“I told him that Miss Florence would soon be home.”
“I do not think it right to hold out hopes that may prove ill-founded.”
“I know what I am about, Mr. Curtis.”
“I dare say you understand your business, Mrs. Barnes, but if my uncle should be disappointed, I am afraid the consequences will be lamentable.”
“Do you think he’ll live long, sir?”
Curtis shrugged his shoulders.
“It is very hard to tell. My uncle is a very feeble man.”
“And if he dies, I suppose the property goes to you?”
“I suppose so.”
“But where does Florence come in?”