9/15 They met somewhere up the Coast, and my brother asked Mr.Meredith to come and stay. It happened that Maurice was away when Mr.Meredith arrived, and I did not know who he was, so he explained." "I see," said Sir John. "And you and your brother have been kind to my boy." Somehow he seemed to have forgotten to be cynical. He had never known what it is to have a daughter, and she was ignorant of the pleasant everyday amenities of a father's love. As there is undoubtedly such a thing as love at first sight, so must there be sympathy at first sight. |