Her aunt smiled at the adroit evasion, and said she had no objection to the proposed expedition. Her aunt smiled at the adroit evasion, and said she had no objection to the proposed expedition. When the young people had left the room there was a short silence among the sisters. Presently Mrs. Whitefield remarked, "Well, Maud, judging by that ebullition, she means to have him, doesn't she?" When the young people had left the room there was a short silence among the sisters. Presently Mrs. Whitefield remarked, "Well, Maud, judging by that ebullition, she means to have him, doesn't she?" Maud made a gesture of helplessness. "She ought to have a future," said she quite passionately, "only we are so helpless——" Maud made a gesture of helplessness. "She ought to have a future," said she quite passionately, "only we are so helpless——" "And being in this bank is so against her. No young man in a good position hereabouts would marry a girl who, as all his friends must know, is merely a bank clerk." "And being in this bank is so against her. No young man in a good position hereabouts would marry a girl who, as all his friends must know, is merely a bank clerk." "Why don't you invite her to Mount Prospect for six months and give her a chance, Ethel?" asked Ada sharply. "Why don't you invite her to Mount Prospect for six months and give her a chance, Ethel?" asked Ada sharply. "She wouldn't come," was the placid response. "I can't picture Madoc Innes's daughter taking six months' holiday to find herself a husband, can you?" "She wouldn't come," was the placid response. "I can't picture Madoc Innes's daughter taking six months' holiday to find herself a husband, can you?" "It's a case of these ideas Ada was talking of just now," said Maud. "I fear they will get in her matrimonial way, poor child." "It's a case of these ideas Ada was talking of just now," said Maud. "I fear they will get in her matrimonial way, poor child." "And after all, the men she would meet at your house are only Ben Holroyd over again," chimed in Ada, who was really on the warpath that day.
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