"You've tried to. Nevertheless, the whole affair is beyond me. I can't make head or tail out of it," shrugged Horatio. "Suppose I just step inside and listen to the news flashes while you and Mr. Heath transact your business. It will be less awkward all round. If you want me you can speak."
Nodding courteously in Heath's direction, Horatio Junior disappeared.
"Your Mr. Fuller is a man of nice feeling," Stanley Heath declared looking after him. "I congratulate you."
"Thank you."
"Everything is settled then?"
She nodded.
"I hope you will be very happy."
She did not reply at once. When she did, it was to say with a humility new and appealing:
"I shall be. I never appreciated Hortie until now. I was too silly."