I asked him why he thought Canning no longer cared for Miss Brandon.
"Because," he said, "if he did he would propose to her at once."
"But money," I said.
That was all right now. His uncle had died. He was quite well off. He could marry if he wanted to. He had not paid the slightest attention to Miss Brandon.
"And she?" I asked.
"He is a different person now to what he was, but she is the same. She accepts the fact."
"But does she love anyone else?"
"Oh! that——"
"Is 'another story'?" I said.
"Quite a different story," he said gravely.