He's a bright boy; it ought to be a good thing for him." "Ought to be!" quoted Harvey D.with humorous warmth.

"But, of course, it will be! You realize what it will mean for him--advantages, opportunities, education, travel, family, a future!--the Whipple estate--but, of course, we feel that under our training he will be a credit to us.

He will be one of us--a Whipple in name and in fact." Dave Cowan ceased to draw angled designs on his pad; he now drew circles, ovals, ellipses, things fluent with curves.
"All right," he said, "I'm willing, I want to do the best I can for the boy.

I'm glad you feel he's the right one for you.

Of course the other boy--well, they're twins, but he's different." "We are certain you will never regret it," said Harvey D., warmly.
"We feel that you are wise to agree," said Gideon.