'There has been no household—and no bridle, except for me.'
'Is Mr. Falkirk partial to a short rein?'
'What is "short?" ' she said with a laugh. 'That is an utterly unsettled point. Are women never appointed guardians, Mr. Rollo?'
'Certainly,' said Rollo, gravely. 'Always, when they marry.'
She glanced at him, doubting whether he might be laughing at her.
'But I mean as Mr. Falkirk was.'
'Not often; but it occasionally happens. I congratulate you that your case was not such.'
'Ah, you do not know!' she said quickly, with a sort of outbreak of impatience.
'You don't know either,' said he.
'Yes I do. Not much about women to be sure—I have known very few. But I do know Mr. Falkirk, and love him dearly, and think a great deal more of him than you possibly can, Mr. Rollo.'