I've met them, at mutual acquaintances' homes and about town." "Pretty well fixed, I s'pose, ain't they ?" "I presume so.

I don't know." "Um.

He's a sociable young feller, ain't he?
Don't stand on any ceremony, hey?
Caro and Steve think a lot of him and his mother." "Yes.

Graves has told me the Dunns were very intimate with the Warrens.
In fact, just before your brother's death, I remember hearing a rumor that the two families might be even closer connected." "You mean--er--Caroline and--er--him ?" "There was such a rumor.

Probably nothing in it.