10/14 She rather feared you'd be upset." "Upset! Oh, my Lord, I should think I would be upset! He's in his second childhood. What did you let him do it for, in the name of--" "Make it in the name of heaven this time, George; it's Sunday. Well, I thought, myself, it was a mistake." "I should say so!" "Yes," said Amberson. "I wanted him to put up an apartment building instead of these houses." "An apartment building! Here ?" "Yes; that was my idea." George struck his hands together despairingly. "An apartment house! Oh, my Lord!" "Don't worry! Your grandfather wouldn't listen to me, but he'll wish he had, some day. |