Young Dick was half in love too.

Miss Jacobi is really very handsome, but, as Alick says, she ought to marry a man at least ten years older." "My dear lady, she will never marry Cedric; she is only fooling him a bit." "Don't be too sure of that," returned Mrs.Godfrey quietly; "you know I am rather observant, and it struck me more than once that Mr.Jacobi was playing a double game.

He seemed at one time to take a great deal of notice of Dick Wallace, and Cedric was rather shunted.

But one Sunday afternoon, when Mr.Jacobi and Sir Richard had been having a long walk together, he suddenly changed, and Cedric was in favour again." "I am afraid I don't quite follow you," returned Malcolm, who certainly did not understand what she meant to convey to him.
Mrs.Godfrey arched her eyebrows in surprise.
"My dear friend, you are not generally so dense.

Don't you see the poor man had never heard of the existence of Ralph Wallace, and so he thought Master Dick was heir to the baronetcy--voila, tout." "Oh, I see light now." "Sir Richard, who is immensely proud of his eldest son, entertained his companion with graphic descriptions of Ralph, Mrs.Ralph, and all the Ralph olive branches; and of course Mr.Jacobi was immensely interested.