CHAPTER 11"Don't be a fool, Hilary! Of course the man is in love with you."
"Well, I'm not in love with him," Hilary retorted with spirit. "An old man like that—my godfather too! He ought to be ashamed of himself!"
"A man is never too old to fall in love—or never thinks he is," Miss Lavinia said impatiently. "Besides, Sir Felix is not old—just in the prime of life—and you must think of your future, Hilary. You will not like being a lonely old maid with none too much money."
Hilary drew herself up.
"I'm not going to be an old maid, Aunt Lavinia! Bachelor women we call them nowadays, by the way. But you forget that I am going to marry—I am engaged to Basil Wilton."
"Of course you are not going to marry Wilton. How could you without a penny piece between you? Now, Sir Felix—"
"But, Aunt
