” said the good, affectionate girl, her pretty blue eyes glistening while she spoke. “May I leave it to Marian, Mr. Gilmore?”
“Certainly, my love,” I answered. “But remember what a large sum it is. Would you like it all to go to Miss Halcombe?”
She hesitated; her colour came and went, and her hand stole back again to the little album.
“Not all of it,” she said. “There is some one else besides Marian----”
She stopped; her colour heightened,
” said the good, affectionate girl, her pretty blue eyes glistening while she spoke. “May I leave it to Marian, Mr. Gilmore?”
“Certainly, my love,” I answered. “But remember what a large sum it is. Would you like it all to go to Miss Halcombe?”
She hesitated; her colour came and went, and her hand stole back again to the little album.
“Not all of it,” she said. “There is some one else besides Marian----”
She stopped; her colour heightened,
