“I am really sorry about that,” he said after a pause.
“I suppose you wouldn’t tell her so, would you?” she asked hopefully.
“Of course not. If marriage means as much to a girl as you say it does, she isn’t likely to invest in a husband to amuse dear old Dad.”
“No, but you might tell her. Girls are so silly.”
“Well, you astonish me!” said Cyril.
“Why? Surely you must know they are.”
“I thought the feminine instinct was infallible on every subject.”
“She can’t be expected to have experience,” said Susie.
“Then the divine gift is just a happy little flame that you can blow out when you don’t want to see it, is that it? You can just ask Mother what she saw when she was a girl? And that was a devil of a lot,” he added reflectively.
“Then it is no good asking you to take the matter seriously?” she inquired.