But Mr. Wales was as much in the dark as the girls. "I thought for a while that we had it all fixed," he said with a twinkle, "but I'm afraid Ethel was playing summer girl down there in the tropics. I should like to tell her what a fine fellow Eaton is, and give her some good advice about marrying and settling down before she's worn herself out teaching troublesome young things like you, but Mrs. Wales says I'd better not."