Gifford Woodhouse was not quite honest with himself when he said that he felt it was time to go back to Ashurst to make his aunts a visit.

He had been restless and absent-minded very often since that flying trip in the early spring.

In spite of his sternest reasoning, hope was beginning to grow up in his heart again.

Dick Forsythe had not come to Ashurst, and Helen said plainly that she knew Lois was not engaged to him.

So why should not Gifford himself be on the spot?
"Not that I would bother Lois," he argued in his own mind, "but just to know if"-- And besides, he really ought to see the two little ladies.
He left Lockhaven a few days after John Ward had preached his sermon on foreign missions at Chester.