"Father," she said, alone with him after dinner the same evening, "I
heard some rather astonishing news this afternoon."
"Ah well," answered the colonel, "it takes a great deal to astonish me.
The more I know of the world the more extraordinary things I expect to
hear."
"It was about Bridget," said Carrissima.
"What about her?" he demanded, turning in his chair to face his
daughter.
"Judging from the way she lives and dresses," Carrissima continued, "I
always assumed she had plenty of money."
"I hate to see a girl of your age mercenary," was the answer. "Good
gracious, when I was two-and-twenty I never gave money a thought. I
should never have dreamed of bothering myself about the amount of my
friends' incomes. I don't now for that matter. Always keep your heart
young, Carrissima! I am as disinterested now as ever I was in my salad
days, thank goodness! Odd where you get this calculating habit!"
"I didn't know I was mercenary and calculating and all the rest of it,"
said Carrissima. "I thought, perhaps, you might feel interested to
hear----"
"To hear what?" cried Colonel Faversham.
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