Arthur's gallant, and he's impressionable--but he's fastidious, and fastidiousness is always the check on impressionableness.

A girl belongs to her family, too--and this one does especially, it strikes me! Arthur's very sensible; he sees more than you'd think." Mildred looked at her hopefully.

"Then you don't believe he's likely to imagine we said those things of her in any meaning way ?" At this, Mrs.Palmer laughed again.

"There's one thing you seem not to have noticed, Mildred." "What's that ?" "It seems to have escaped your attention that he never said a word." "Mightn't that mean---- ?" Mildred began, but she stopped.
"No, it mightn't," her mother replied, comprehending easily.

"On the contrary, it might mean that instead of his feeling it too deeply to speak, he was getting a little illumination." Mildred rose and came to her.