“Thank you, Madam, provided Osgood is not averse.”
“Any of our set there?” Osgood asked.
“The Trees went up last Saturday with Barclay Dodge. They are making an extensive tour this year.”
“What’s Barclay Dodge along for?”
“He is engaged to Lily Tree!”
“Ah!” said Osgood, looking at the Doctor, who could not help giving him a malicious grimace. “How long since? It’s a capital match, ain’t it?”
“The engagement must have been announced soon after you left.”
This reply put Osgood in a brown study. What impulse, he mused, had prompted Lily to give herself to Barclay Dodge? Would he have done so?
Dr. Black commented on Osgood’s face, and considered himself in a fair way to make studies.