She bent forward and just touched his chin with her lips.
“I am glad to see you, Mamie,” he said. “Have you just returned from Europe?”
“Yes, uncle.”
“Have you brought the boy with you?”
“Yes, uncle; he is down-stairs.”
“Didn’t I hear that he was sick with typhoid fever somewhere in—in——”
“Geneva. Yes, uncle, my poor Edwin was very sick, but fortunately he recovered and is now the picture of health.”
“Basil was under the impression that he was dead.”
“It was for the interest of Basil to report so, Uncle Henry.”
“I don’t think he had any reason to misrepresent, Maria.”