But I feel considerable anxiety about Clifford.

I will tell you another time." The next time he gave Felix a sitting his nephew reminded him that he had taken him into his confidence.

"How is Clifford to-day ?" Felix asked.

"He has always seemed to me a young man of remarkable discretion.
Indeed, he is only too discreet; he seems on his guard against me--as if he thought me rather light company.

The other day he told his sister--Gertrude repeated it to me--that I was always laughing at him.
If I laugh it is simply from the impulse to try and inspire him with confidence.