4/36 I went to put Charley in College for her." "I can't think of Charley as a young man." "Yes, Charley is a strapping fellow, within two inches of my height." "Impossible! And where is Benny ?" "At school here in town. His mother will not let him go to boarding-school. He is a nice boy: I think there's more in him than Charley." "And I hear Kilian is married!" "Yes. Kilian is married--the very day you landed, too." "Well," I said, with a little dash of temper, "I'm very sorry for you all. I did not think Kilian was going to be so foolish." "He thinks he's very wise, though, all the same," said Richard, with a smile, which turned into a sigh before he had done speaking. |