“Amy?”
“Yes, Marie, dear.”
“Tom was asking me this morning if you have yet made up your mind to go on building that house.”
“Oh, dear, Marie. I have hardly given it a thought since I came back—and I've only been back a week!”
“Amy?”
“Marie?”
“I suppose, dear, that Captain Frewen won't give up the Esmeralda altogether when he goes to America to see his people. He will come back, will he not?”
Mrs. Marston blushed. “I—I think so, dear. Come inside, and I'll tell you.”
THE END