20/37 He's quite sure that Jean and he were meant for each other, and he has great hopes of convincing Jean. I've never mentioned the subject to her, she is so tremendously reticent and shy about such things. I talk about Biddy in a casual way, but if I hadn't known from Biddy I would have learned from Jean's averted eyes that something had happened. The child gives herself away every time." "This, I suppose, happened before the fortune came. What effect will the money have, I wonder ?" "I wonder too," said Pamela. |