“I didn’t know but that it was, you seemed so concerned about me.”
“Stop your jollying. You’re different to what you were a week ago, and that’s enough to show that you’ve got something on your mind. Ain’t I your friend?”
“Certainly.”
“Then you oughtn’t to keep me in the dark.”
“I won’t—after to-morrow.”
“Why not now?”
“Because I’ve particular reasons.”
Ed was by no means satisfied with this answer, but he had to let it go at that.
Jack’s mother and sister had also noticed and remarked on the change that had come over him, but to all their anxious inquiries he refused to admit that there was anything the matter with him.
That evening he spent studying the market quotations for the past week and figuring upon the chances of L. S. going higher.