Mrs. Upjohn made no reply.
"It's rather a pity that Dick didn't choose nearer home," Miss Lambkin resumed, after pausing long enough for the reply which did not come. "There's Sally, now."
"They'd have made a good match," Mrs. Upjohn observed, sighing reminiscently, "but there's no accounting for tastes in such matters."
"Meaning Everett?" asked Letty, looking up sharply.
Mrs. Upjohn shook her head. "Not especially."
"I suppose you know," said Miss Lambkin pointedly, "with your sources of accurate information, that he's hanging around again. There was a time when it seemed to be all off for a few weeks."
Mrs. Upjohn nodded.
"There are some cases where you can't even give a good guess," Letty continued maliciously. "Aren't there, Alicia?"
Mrs. Upjohn nodded again; but she only rocked gently and said nothing.
Miss Lambkin seemed to be following out a train of thought, but in silence. That was not her custom. She usually pursued thought with a wild halloa.