She merely folded her hands in her lap and sat looking straight at Eileen without saying one word.

It did not show much on the surface, but Eileen really had a conscience, she really had a soul; Linda's eyes, resting rather speculatively on her, were honest eyes, and Eileen knew what she knew.

She flushed and fidgeted, and at last she broke out impatiently: "Oh, for goodness' sake, Linda, don't play 'Patience-on-a-monument.' Speak up and say what it is that you want.

If that cheque was not big enough, what will satisfy you ?" "Come to think of it," said Linda quietly, "I can get along with what I have for the short time until the legal settlement of our interests is due.

You needn't bother any more about a cheque." Eileen was surprised and her face showed it; and she was also relieved.
That too her face showed.
"I always knew," she said lightly, "that I had a little sister with a remarkably level head and good common sense.