It was not a quality, Laverick thought, which he should have associated with Morrison's sister.
"My brother, in a way," she resumed.

"Arthur's father was a widower and my mother was a widow when they were married.

You are surprised ?" "There is no reason why I should be," he answered, curiously relieved at her last statement.

"Your brother and I have been connected in business for some years.

We have seen very little of one another outside." "I dare say," she continued, still timidly, "that Arthur's friends would not be your friends, and that he wouldn't care for the same sort of things.