"What?" he asked grimly.
"Their being so entirely alone, and so unusually attractive.... And they're good girls, Jacob."
"I assume that they are," he said dryly.
"They are; a woman knows at once.... They've made everybody—all our guests—enjoy their visits so much. Don't you think so?"
"They've earned their salaries.... People seem to like 'em.... I'm wondering how much Jack likes the younger one—Silvette."
"Have you thought so, too?"
"I'm asking you, Sarah."
There was a silence; then she said timidly:
"Do you know anything more about them?"
"They're rather learned," he said grimly. "One, I understand, is entitled to practice medicine—the other law.... They scarcely look it."