And it was not the attempted seduction which bothered him most, though he wished Ellis had been more in control of himself. George himself had no fear that his sister would find in any such situation the self-control she needed. No, what bothered him were the two participants themselves. Neither of them had come to realize it yet, but in some strange way they had fallen in love. Their relationship had been too stormy and irregular for them to come to an understanding of this, and he was more than willing to throw dust in their eyes, as he had done in the two interviews. The largest problem was that Ellis was unlikely to accept his own emotions in the matter. Ellis had come through the two weeks bewildered by the fluctuations in his temper and emotions. George regretted allowing Diana to take the arrow out of his friend because it had caused Ellis an embarrassment which exhibited itself in strange ways, and had reflected in his attitude toward Diana. Ellis had finally accustomed himself to thinking of her as a younger brother—George had heard him speak so to her more than once—and even today’s events would not likely disillusion him.
