"That wouldn't trouble Edgar, and there's a reason for the visit. He has made up his mind to start farming and wants to talk over his plans. In fact, he thinks of getting married."
Sylvia showed some interest.
"To whom? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I only arrived this morning, and I wrote some time ago, asking if you could meet Stephen and me. You were with the Graysons then, but you didn't answer."
"I forgot; I don't always answer letters. But who is the girl? Not
Miss Grant?"
"Helen Taunton. Do you know her?"
Sylvia laughed.
"The storekeeper's daughter! She's passably good-looking and her father's not badly off, but that's about all one could say for her."
"Do you know anything against the girl?"
"Oh, no!" said Sylvia languidly. "She's quite respectable—in fact, they're rather a straight-laced people; and she doesn't talk badly. For all that, I think you'll get a shock if Edgar brings her home."