Had she known it, the speech made the girl feel more kindly toward her older admirer than she had ever done before.
Gordon's face was suffused with tenderness, as it always was at any mention of his father.

He stepped forward.
"May I shake hands with you, sir ?" He grasped the hand of the older man.
"If I can ever be of any service to you--of the least service--I hope you will let my father's son repay a part of his debt.

You could not do me a greater favor." As he stood straight and dignified, grasping the older man's hand, he looked more of a man than he had ever done.

Mr.
Lancaster was manifestly pleased.
"I will do so," he said, with a smile.
Mrs.Yorke was in a fidget.

"This man will ruin everything," she said to herself.
Seeing that his chance of seeing Alice alone was gone, Keith rose and took leave with some stateliness.