She complacently arranged the folds of her dress and settled herself to be interrogated.
“Miss Doane has been with you some time?”
“She has.”
“How long?”
“Nearly or quite two years.”
“She is a very estimable young lady, I take it?”
“She is, indeed. I never want a nicer lady in my house, and I never before had one.”
“She is very circumspect in her relations with gentlemen?”
“She couldn’t be more so.”
“Did she ever have any gentlemen visitors?”