"We are getting along better now."
"It would have been wiser for you to save the money you spent on this suit and keep it for rent and food."
"Your advice is very kind, Edgar, but I really feel that I can manage my own business."
"Oh, well, if you choose to resent my good advice——"
"I don't. I hope it springs from your interest in me."
During this conversation Edgar was brushing his hair carefully and "prinking" before the glass, for he was anxious to appear as fascinating as possible when he presented himself to Miss Gilbert.
"Shall we go down?" asked Mark.
"Yes, perhaps we may as well. I suppose you would feel awkward entering the drawing-room alone."
"Perhaps so," said Mark smiling.
As the two presented themselves in the room below Edgar looked about for Stanley, but did not see him.