"I must not forget I am keeping you from--her! She will be missing you--wanting you.

You have kept your secret well, Stafford--though once or twice I have fancied, when I have seen you together--but it was only a fancy!--Are you going to announce the engagement tonight?
It is rather a good opportunity, isn't it?
It will make the night memorable." The music danced madly through Stafford's brain as his father waited, looking at him smilingly.

What should he say?
"Not to-night, sir!" he answered.

"I should like to speak to Miss Falconer first." Sir Stephen nodded and smiled.
"I understand, my boy," he said.

"This kind of thing is not done now as it was in my time.