8/9 It was necessary to ascertain at once whether Mr.Franks intended to become their tenant or not. Mrs.Cross wrote to him, and received the briefest possible reply, to the effect that his plans were changed. "I had very much rather have let to people we know I suppose he's seen a house that suits him better." "I think there's another reason," said Bertha, after gazing for a minute or two at the scribbled, careless note. "The marriage is put off." "And you knew that," cried her mother, "all the time, and never told me! And I might have missed twenty chances of letting. Really, Bertha, I never did see anything like you. |