You seem sincere without being sanctimonious.

Why, if I was to ask young Assheton to look into his affairs for himself, he would instantly think there was something wrong, and that I was trying bluff.

But when you do the same thing, that simple and perfectly correct explanation never occurs to him." "No, dear Morris trusts me very completely," said Taynton.

"But, then, if I may continue my little review of the situation, as it now stands, you and your talk with Sir Richard have vastly decreased the danger of his marrying.

For, to be frank, I should not feel at all secure if that happened.