4/13 How is he ?" Ruth's dark gray eyes shot a sudden surprised glance at him. People had seldom of late inquired after Raymond. "I have not heard from him for some time." "It is some years since I met him," said Charles, noting but ignoring her change of tone. "I used to see a good deal of him before he went to--was it America? He was prospecting, I think, at that time." Ruth remembered that Charles had succeeded his father about three years ago. |