4/19 "With regard to Hardinge, I wish you to know that--that I--have known him for years, and that he is in my opinion a strictly honorable, kind-hearted man. He will probably succeed to a baronetcy--though this is not _certain_, as his uncle is, comparatively speaking, young still. But, even without the title, Hardinge is a man worthy of any woman's esteem, and confidence, and----" He is interrupted by Miss Wynter's giving way to a sudden burst of mirth. |