“But he'll have money, won't he,” asked Dora, “when he comes into the baronetcy?”
The cook shook her head. “No, there's not a penny there. Sir Warwick has just his pension from the Army and it'll die with him. He lives in an inexpensive hotel in Harrogate.”
“But why doesn't Mr. Stroud marry?” asked Dora, her curiosity now beginning to be stirred more strongly.
“He says he's not interested in young ladies,” smiled the cook, “and never has anything to do with them.”
Dora was a little thoughtful after what the cook had told her. Notwithstanding her comfortable surroundings, she had been wanting badly to throw up the case, and had only been prevented from doing so because she did not want to displease Sir Robert.
Now she felt rather more disposed to stay on for at least a little longer. I
