"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 won't 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."
"At home!" said his mother with a brightening face. "Then you are beginning to be tired of wandering at last?"