55/61 And then turnin' to Gus: 'Well, sir, may I ask why you wait ?' "'Twas Olivia that answered. 'Uncle Ansel,' says she, 'I must tell you somethin'. I should have preferred tellin' you privately,' she puts in, glarin' at Nate, 'but it seems I can't. Mr.Tolliver and I are engaged to be married.' "Old Whiskers didn't seem to care a continental. All he had in his addled head was that flyin' contraption. |