But mother can't judge for _me_.

I ought to have a wife with ideas.

And I don't doubt Plausaby has a hand in trying to marry off his ward to somebody that won't make too much fuss about his accounts." And so Charlton was put upon studying all the evening, to find points in which Miss Minorkey's conversation was superior to Miss Marlay's.

And judged as he judged it--as a literary product--it was not difficult to find an abundant advantage on her side..