Burton."
Edith, with a slight shrug of the shoulders, rose to her feet. She
caught a glance from Burton and turned at once to her fiance.
"Am I to be taken for a ride this evening?" she asked.
"A little later on, by all means, my dear Edith," Mr. Bomford declared.
"A little later on, certainly. Your father has kindly invited me to
stay and dine. It will give me very much pleasure. Perhaps we could go
for a short distance in--say three-quarters of an hour's time?"
Edith went slowly back to the house. Burton watched her disappear. The
professor and Mr. Bomford drew their chairs a little closer. The
professor cleared his throat.
"Mr. Burton," he began, "Mr. Bomford and I have a proposition to lay
before you. May I beg for your undivided attention?"
Burton withdrew his eyes from the French window through which Edith had
vanished.
"I am quite at your service," he answered quietly. "Please let me hear
exactly what it is that you have to say."
CHAPTER XVII
BURTON DECLINES
The professor cleared his throat.
"In the first place, Mr. Burton," he said, "I feel that I owe you an
apology. I have taken a great liberty. Mr. Bomford here is one of my
oldest and most intimate friends.
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