I think he appreciates a joke more than any one I know." "He sounds a dear!" said Stella; and added with a gay side-glance, "and certainly not in the least like you.

Have you written yet to break the news of your very rash marriage ?" "Yes, I wrote two days ago.

He will probably cable his blessing.

That is the sort of chap he is." "It will be rather a shock for him," Stella observed.

"You had no idea of changing your state when you saw him last summer." There fell a somewhat abrupt silence.