"You know Mr. Masters has plenty already, mother; plenty of his own."
"Those that have most already are always the ones that want more. I've seen that a thousand times. If a man's property lies in an onion, he'll likely give you half of it if you want it; if he's got all Pleasant Valley, the odds are he won't give you an onion."
Diana would have turned the conversation, but Mrs. Starling came back to the subject.
"What do you suppose you are going to do with me?"
"Mother, that is for you to choose. You know, where ever we are, there's a home for you if you will have it."
"It's a pleasure to your husband to have me, too, ain't it?"
"It is always a pleasure to him to do what is right."
"Complimentary! You have grown very fond of him, haven't you, all of a sudden?"
But this subject Diana would not touch. Not to her mother Not to any one, till the person most concerned knew the truth; and most certainly after that not to any one else. Evan had been told; there had been a reason; she was glad she had told him.
"What do you suppose I'd do in Mainbridge?" Mrs. Starling went on.