44/51 "We happened to be out every time you called." "Other people have seen you," continued the young man with a note almost of anger in his voice. "Everywhere I hear of you, but I cannot see you. He walks with you, you go in his motor car, he is in your house every day." "What are you talking about, Ernest? Mother likes him so much, and we all like him." "Your mother, ah!" Ernest's tone was full of scorn. They are our nearest neighbours, and we have come to know them very well. |