"I wonder what she is driving at?" added the landlord, whose curiosity, as well as that of his son, was raised to the highest pitch.
"I haven't any idea. If she is not a relation of Harvey, what is she, and why did she want his room?"
"I can't tell."
"How old do you think she is, father?"
"About forty, I should say."
"Harvey couldn't have been engaged to her, or anything of that sort—could he?" suggested Leopold.
"I should think not. She is ten years older than he was, I should say," replied Mr. Bennington.
No satisfactory solution presented itself, and Miss Sarah Liverage had to remain a mystery for the time.