And I am sure--I am very sure--that if he had known--if he had thought--" "Mary, for goodness' sake, don't begin to snivel!" chimed in her father querulously.

"It gets on my nerves.

And you know very well how I am suffering! Of course, it was most inconsiderate of Carboys not to destroy that will as soon as you and he were engaged; but he knew that marriage invalidates any will a man may have made previously, and--well, you can't suppose that he ever expected things to turn out as they have done.

Besides, Van Nant would have seen that you got something to treasure as a remembrance.

He's a very decent chap, is Van Nant, Mr.
Headland, although my daughter has never appeared to think so.