"I think you were speaking about a little bother." "Oh, yes, so I was," agreed Eugene.

"Very good of you to remind me of it.

You know, Courtney, Mr.Gamble--who wants to buy some land of ours--has made the remarkable discovery that we're all here together.
First time in years, I assure you.

No matter how necessary it may be for us to hold a complete family council, one of my brothers--most unreliable people in the world, I think--is always missing." "And when they're all together I suppose you are somewhere else," suggested Courtney.
That proposition was so unique that Eugene was forced to spend profound thought on it.
"Curious, isn't it ?" he finally admitted.

"A chap becomes so in the habit of thinking that he is himself always present, wherever he happens to be, that it's no end starting to reflect that sometimes he isn't." "I see," said Courtney, grasping eagerly at the light.