'Excellent sense. The heart of her husband hath such a trust in her, that he can afford to dispense with what makes other men rich.'
'Ois that the way you put it. Romantic, but not practical,' said Hazel, arching her brows. 'It might be so, but he would not find it out. Now come and see the house.'
'I will go and see the house,' said Rollo, speaking with a cool business tone now. 'In fact I suppose I should like to go anywhere where you would go before and open the doors. But what is your thought, Wych?'
'Only a small ceremony of investiture. I want to take you over my haunts,and leave you in possessionof them, and any small facts you may find there.'
But taking one of her hands and holding it, Rollo neither moved towards the door himself nor let her.
'What is going to become of you,' said he, 'after you have left me in possession of your haunts?'
'I shall linger round to do all the mischief I can,after the fashion of abdicators.'
'In that case, what is going to become of me?' said he, not changing his position.
'I have no idea! I feel fearfully like myself since I came home.'
'Do you! And what do you expect me to do with your 'small facts'?
Are they kittens?'