No doubt he feels reason for gratitude; but how many men does one know who can be truly grateful?
That's what I like in Mr.Lashmar; he has character as well as intellect." "But how do you mean, Mrs.Toplady ?" inquired May, losing something of her polish in curiosity.

"Why should my aunt have wanted him to marry Miss Bride ?" "Ah, that I don't know.

Possibly she thought it, knowing him as she does, really the best thing for him.

Possibly--one could make conjectures.

But one always can." May puzzled over the hint, her brow knitted; Mrs.Toplady regarded her with veiled amusement, wondering whether it would really be necessary to use plainer words.