27/37 He is quite a young man, not yet thirty, but--would you believe it ?--we are all dependent upon him! My son has supported the _whole_ of the family for the last six or seven years, and that by his own work. It sounds incredible, doesn't it? The dear girls have very delicate health; simply impossible for them to exert themselves in any way. My son has made extraordinary sacrifices on our account. His desire was to be a professional musician, and every one thinks he would have become eminent; myself, I am convinced of it--perhaps that is only natural. |