"I thought perhaps I'd go after dinner this evening." At this his mother laughed, not astonished.

"It was only my feeble joke about 'to-morrow,' Georgie! I was pretty sure you couldn't wait that long.

Did Lucy write you about the factory ?" "No.

What factory ?" "The automobile shops.

They had rather a dubious time at first, I'm afraid, and some of Eugene's experiments turned out badly, but this spring they've finished eight automobiles and sold them all, and they've got twelve more almost finished, and they're sold already! Eugene's so gay over it!" "What do his old sewing-machines look like?
Like that first one he had when they came here ?" "No, indeed! These have rubber tires blown up with air--pneumatic! And they aren't so high; they're very easy to get into, and the engine's in front--Eugene thinks that's a great improvement.