So we'll drop the subject."
"Not yet; for you're bound to see Miss Nevil sooner or later. Now, if
she knows that you've done nothing for this man, your friend and her
lover, won't she be justified in thinking that you would have a reason
for it?"
"Yes. I should give it."
"What reason?"
"That I knew she'd be more contented to have him speculate with HER
money than mine."
"Then you think that he isn't a business man?"
"I think that she thinks so, or she wouldn't marry him; it's part of the
attraction. But come, James has been for five minutes discreetly waiting
outside the door to tell us dinner is ready, and the coast clear of all
other company. But look here," he said, suddenly stopping, with his arm
in Leyton's, "you're through your talk, I suppose; perhaps you'd rather
we'd dine with the Signora and the others than alone?"
For an instant Leyton thrilled with the fascination of what he firmly
believed was a guilty temptation. Rushbrook, perceiving his hesitation,
added:--
"By the way, Somers is of the party, and one or two others you know.
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