“Perhaps he's only engaged?” suggested Alonzo.
“To be sure!” said his mother, brightening up.
“If so, the affair may yet be broken off. Oh, Lonny, I never thought your uncle was so artful. His trip to Florida was only a trick to put us off the scent.”
“What are you going to do about it, ma?”
“I must find out as soon as possible where Uncle Oliver is staying. Then I will see him, and try to cure him of his infatuation. He is evidently trying to keep us in the dark, or he would have come back to his rooms.”
“How are you going to find out, ma?”
“I don't know. That's what puzzles me.”
“S'pose you hire a detective?”
“I wouldn't dare to. Your uncle would be angry when he found it out.”
“Do you s'pose Phil knows anything about it?” suggested Alonzo.