This, of course, is nothing new, but it's a little astonishing that he doesn't seem to contemplate making love to her in his usual haphazard manner.

She seems to have inspired him with genuine respect." "I can't think of any girl who's likely to do so." "He gives her name--Flora Grant." Sylvia betrayed some interest.
"I knew her--I suppose she is a little less impossible than the rest.
But go on." "One gathers that George is having an anxious time; Edgar goes into some obscure details about crops and cattle-raising.

Then he hints at some exciting adventures they have had as a result of supporting a body that's trying to close the hotels." This was what Sylvia had been leading up to.

She agreed with Herbert that it was most unlikely George would take any part in such proceedings without some prompting, and she was curious to learn who had influenced him.
"There was a word or two in Herbert's letter to the same effect," she said.

"The thing strikes one as amusing.