"Then spend more, but in this matter don't object to my spending what I like."
"I know, my dear aunt, it is all done for my sake."
"And very properly, my dear. I have no daughter, and all my interest centers in you. By the way, I met Major Ashton in the street yesterday."
"Indeed!" said Grace, indifferently.
"Poor fellow, he looks downcast. Your repulse has wounded him sorely. He loved you deeply."
A silvery laugh from Grace greeted this announcement, made with due solemnity.
"Really, my dear aunt," she said, "I can't conceive of Major Ashton loving anybody as well as himself."
"You do him wrong, Grace."
"Perhaps so, but I do not believe it."
"He is coming to the party."