"She's waiting," he said, "to see how her marriage succeeds, before she tells anybody about it." This sounded probable to the mind of a child.
"I hope she hasn't married a beast," Kitty said, with a serious face and an ominous shake of the head.

"When shall I hear from Syd ?" Mr.Sarrazin tried another prevarication--with better results this time.

"You will be the first person she writes to, of course." As that excusable lie passed his lips, his float began to tremble.

Here was a chance of changing the subject--"I've got a fish!" he cried.
Kitty was immediately interested.

She threw down her own rod, and assisted her ignorant companion.