I wish you'd answer this pretty prompt, if you don't mind.
But the reply he hoped for did not come and he began to fear that he had made a bad matter worse by writing.

Doubtless Miss Howes resented his "nosing in." Thankful now began advertising in the Boston papers.

And the answers to the ads began to arrive.

Sometimes men and women from the city came down to inspect the High Cliff House, preparatory to opening negotiations for summer quarters.

They inspected the house itself, interviewed Thankful, strolled along the bluff admiring the view, and sampled a meal.