Since Mabel was capable of giving her cousin a hint, she saw that frankness was needed and remembered the fortnight she had spent with Thirlwell by the lake.

She had thought about him since; indeed she had done so oftener than she knew.
"I shall never marry Jake," she said.

"Just now it seems unlikely that I shall marry anybody else." Mrs.Farnam made a sign of disappointed acquiescence.

"Very well! That's done with.

If there's anything more to be said about your plans for the next few months, your brother will say it.