As far as I remember, Mrs.Sinclair asked me one day if I were not going to call on the Jacobis.

'They are perfectly charming,' were her words.

'They are a brother and a sister who have taken Beechcroft for the season.

They seem wealthy people and live in good style, and Miss Jacobi is one of the handsomest women I have ever seen.'" "And this was all ?" as Mrs.Godfrey paused.
"It was all I could gather.

Mr.Sinclair certainly told Alick that he understood that Mr.Jacobi had made his money in business--something connected with a mining company, he believed.