"Some day you shall," he said. "If ever I grow rich enough you shall have a month there. But let us not talk of London just now. Has anything happened since I went away?"
"Nothing at all, Ralph."
"And has nobody been to see you?"
"Nobody except Mary Telfer. She has come in most days, and always like a ray of sunshine."
"She is a very cheerful little body," Ralph said, and then began to attack his supper.
A few minutes later he looked up and said—
"Did you ever hear the old saying, Ruth, that one has to go from home to hear news?"
"Why, of course," she said, with a laugh. "Who hasn't?"
"I had rather a remarkable illustration of the old saw this morning."
"Indeed?"