"What business?''
"Only to settle this question with myself," said he, smiling.
"But, Guy! you are enigmatical this morning. Is it the question that of all others I wish to see settled?"
"No, mother," said he, laughing, and colouring a little; "I don't want another half to take care of till I have this one under management."
"I don't understand you," said Mrs. Carleton. "There is no hidden reason under all this that you are keeping from me?"
"I wont say that. But there is none that need give you the least uneasiness. There are one or two matters I want to study out; I cannot do it here, so I am going where I shall be free."
"Where?"
"I think I shall pass the summer between Switzerland and
Germany."
"And when and where shall I meet you again?"
"I think, at home; I cannot say when."