"Tell me what he said."
"He asked me a question when I spoke about your visiting the stud in my probable absence," said Alan.
"What was it?"
"'When's the wedding?'" he said.
Eve lowered her eyes.
"What a curious question," she said. "What did he mean, to whom did he refer?"
"Miss Eve Berkeley and my humble self," said Alan, laughing.
"How funny," she said.
"Yes; that's just what I thought. What the deuce put it into his head
I don't know," said Alan, laughing.
"I suppose he thinks near neighbors sometimes marry," said Eve.