"I'll admit he's a good-looking fellow if he is my brother."
"And vain?"
"As a peacock——"
"Conceited?"
"Very."
"And a woman hater!"
"Far from it—he's easy. He may not think so, but between us he's an easy mark. I've always been afraid he'll make a fool of himself and marry without the consent of his younger brother. He's a great care to me."
The brown eyes twinkled:
"You love him very much?"
Ned Vaughan nodded his dark head slowly: