And one thing more: couldn't you manage to come up to the house a little oftener?
Everybody misses you, of course; I think your sister is a trifle sensitive--" "I will!" said Gerald, blushing.

"Somehow I've had such a lot on hand--all day at the office, and something on every evening.

I know perfectly well I've neglected Eily--and everybody.

But the first moment I can find free--" Selwyn nodded.

"And last of all," he said, "there's something about my own affairs that I thought you might advise me on." Gerald, proud, enchanted, stood very straight; the older man continued gravely: "I've a little capital to invest--not very much.