17/19 There are two girls, are there not ?" "Yes, two." "And Miss Lily is the youngest. There's nothing about the elder one getting married, is there ?" "I've not heard anything of it." "A very pretty girl she is, too. I remember seeing her at her uncle's last year. I shouldn't wonder if she were to marry her cousin Bernard. He is to have the property, you know; and he's my nephew." "I'm not quite sure that it's a good thing for cousins to marry," said Crofts. |