He had talked to her more than once on the serious topics of life, on his aspirations, on what a man could do to leave the world better for his presence.

She knew that he was a man of a noble nature, high-minded and earnest.

And yet she did not like this secrecy, this disinclination upon the part of one so frank and honest as Ida to tell her what was passing.

She would wait, and if she got the opportunity next day she would lead Harold Denver himself on to this topic.

It was possible that she might learn from him what her sister had refused to tell her..