We'll see what can be done." He rubbed his hands cheerfully.

"We'll see what can be done about it then, Georgie.

We'll see." And George, in reporting this conversation to his mother, was ruefully humorous.

"In fact, the old boy cheered up so much," he told her, "you'd have thought he'd got a real load off his mind.

He seemed to think he'd fixed me up perfectly, and that I was just as good as driving a tandem around his library right that minute! Of course I know he's anything but miserly; still I can't help thinking he must be salting a lot of money away.