5/26 When she marvelled at this he said: "Now, look here, Mother, let's get this business straight, right at the start. I told you when I came I'd seen the woman I wanted. If you want me to go back to business, the way to do it is to help me win her." "But I don't want you 'to go back to business'; I want you to have a long vacation, and learn all you can from the educational advantages here." "It's too late for me to learn more than I get every day by knocking around and meeting people. I've tried books two or three times, and I've given them up; I can't do it. I've waited too long, I've no way to get down to it, I can't remember to save my soul." "But you can remember anything on earth about a business deal," she urged. |