betrayed a desperate clinging to the past which boded ill for the future.
“Your having Marian Halcombe to live with you can easily be settled by private arrangement,” I said. “You hardly understood my question, I think. It referred to your own property—to the disposal of your money. Supposing you were to make a will when you come of age, who would you like the money to go to?”
“Marian has been mother and sister both to me,
betrayed a desperate clinging to the past which boded ill for the future.
“Your having Marian Halcombe to live with you can easily be settled by private arrangement,” I said. “You hardly understood my question, I think. It referred to your own property—to the disposal of your money. Supposing you were to make a will when you come of age, who would you like the money to go to?”
“Marian has been mother and sister both to me,
