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He came to the conclusion that he could not quite make
his cousin out. Had something upset her? And what did she mean by that
sudden conundrum:
"Do you know anything, Tommy, about our laws of illegitimacy?"
"Nothing," he had replied, "except that they are a disgrace to a
civilized country. Everybody knows that."
She seemed to be disappointed. Perhaps she mistrusted him. The thought
gave him a little pain. He had done nothing to merit mistrust. He was
frank and open himself; he liked others to be the same.
What was the use of thinking about it? He knew tantalizingly little
about his cousin--nothing but scraps of information gathered from his
mother's letters to him. He would call again in a day or two and make
some definite arrangements about their journey to England. Perhaps he
had talked more dully than usual. . . . Or could it be the south wind?
Neither of these explanations was wholly convincing.



CHAPTER XV


Nothing was happening. For the first time since many years, the
Nepenthe season threatened to be a failure.


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