She blushed again.
"Naturally," she said coldly.
"You say you think the property is going down--it _is_, everybody knows that--and your mother thinks of collecting the rents herself....

Well, young lady, it's very difficult, very difficult, your mother being the trustee and executor." "Yes, that's what she's always saying--she's the trustee and executor." "You'd better let me think it over for a day or two." "And shall I call in again ?" "You might slip in if you're passing.

I'll see what can be done.

Of course it would never do for you to have any difficulty with your mother." "Oh no!" she concurred vehemently.

"Anything would be better than that.
But I thought there was no harm in me--" "Certainly not." She had a profound confidence in him.