You and I should owe one another that." "We talked of you," he answered.

"What other subject can you possibly imagine your stepmother and I could have in common ?" "That is a good start," she answered.

"Now tell me the rest." "I am not sure," he answered, "that I feel inclined to do that." She leaned forward and looked at him.

Unwillingly he turned his head to meet her gaze.
"You must tell me, please," she said.

"I insist upon knowing." "Your stepmother," he said, "was perfectly reasonable and very candid.
She reminded me that you were a great heiress, and that as yet you had seen nothing of the world.