'No, indeed.'
'That is true enough,' quoth Hiram.
After Mr. Bennett came in, a handsome little supper was served. That concluded, Hiram waited on Miss Thorne to her carriage.
'I shall expect you to take back all the naughty things you have said about me to your cousin,' she said, very sweetly, after she was seated.
'About you, yes; but not about the heiress. But—but if you were not one, I do think I should like you pretty well. As it is, the objection is insuperable; good night.'
Away went carriage and horses and Arabella Thorne. Hiram stepped back into the house.
'My wife says you have made a splendid hit to-night, Hiram,' remarked Mr. Bennett.
'Does she?' replied the other, in an absent tone.
Hiram went late to Mrs. Jones's party.