"Eve, I want you to do something for me when I go away," he said.
Her heart beat fast, this was more promising.
"You know I am only too willing to do anything I can for you."
"That's good of you. I want you to keep an eye on things at Trent
Park."
"You have a very capable housekeeper."
"Oh, yes; but even she wants supervising sometimes."
"And you think I can do it?" she asked with a smile.
"Nobody can do it so well; you are accustomed to manage, always have been. I've heard my father say so, and of course I've noticed it myself," said Alan.
He looked at her curiously, mischief in his eyes.
"I believe my governor was more than half in love with you, Eve," he said.