“went to madeira with
kitty and the boy.”
“Clever. By George, I should think you were! Why, in a business like mine you would be invaluable.”
“I was always handy with my fingers.”
“So was your half-brother—it seems to run in the family.”
“living with her sister now.”
“Oh!”
“I beg pardon,” I said, for the second time. “I—I did not mean to say that. It slipped out promiscuously.”
“Never mind, sir—never mind,” she said hurriedly. “What are you going to do? Pray tell me what you think of doing when I prove the truth of this.”