in two and sent up a shower of sparks. The whole hushed and brooding room seemed to be waiting silently with Archer.
\"Yes,\" she murmured at length, \"that's what my family tell me.\"
He winced a little. \"It's not unnatural—\"
\"OUR family,\" she corrected herself; and Archer coloured. \"For you'll be my cousin soon,\" she continued gently.
\"I hope so.\"
\"And you take their view?\"
He stood up at this, wandered across the room,
in two and sent up a shower of sparks. The whole hushed and brooding room seemed to be waiting silently with Archer.
\"Yes,\" she murmured at length, \"that's what my family tell me.\"
He winced a little. \"It's not unnatural—\"
\"OUR family,\" she corrected herself; and Archer coloured. \"For you'll be my cousin soon,\" she continued gently.
\"I hope so.\"
\"And you take their view?\"
He stood up at this, wandered across the room,
