Maxim!  Handsome, nice, and smart - a very good man for Nettie then.  Already, Mable liked the sound of this man - why couldn't somebody like that take interest in Edmund, rather than Francis?

Mable brought a hand to her face when Nettie did, embarrassed for her, though she didn't completely know why.  Something naughty!  Like throwing knives around an abandoned house, or sleeping in the sand on the beach like she and Edward had done?  Or something gross-naughty like kissing in the bathroom?

"Whether or not he needs something, it would be very nice to get him something that reminds him of you," Mable said eventually.  "Something he'll see everyday, like... like a necklace, or a ring!  Oh, but those are expensive I suppose..."