Chapter 6
Mabel’s reply arrived a couple of mornings later. George opened it without thinking at the breakfast table and hastily stuffed it in his pocket upon seeing the salutation.
His subterfuge did not go unnoticed by Matthew. “Mrs. Mac, I do believe our friend George has received a letter from his young lady,” he teased. “We won’t ask you to read it aloud, but you must tell us all about her. Is she fair? Dark? Pretty, or more in the handsome line?”
“It’s simply a letter from a friend, that’s all,” George said a little shortly.
“But one that’s not suitable to be read in company? Say no more,” Matthew said, laying a finger aside of his nose in a ridiculously portentous fashion. “We shall be silent as the very grave about this pal of yours. Who, by the way, uses very pretty lavender n
