"There is a wonderfully clever doctor at Bournemouth where the air is perfect for those delicate in the lungs.

I have communicated with him; and he will take the child into his own house, where he will be beautifully cared for.

There he can have a tutor, and when he is stronger he can return to Paris, or to Vienna, and have his talent for the violin cultivated.

I want you to understand," he continued, "that if you agree to my terms your brother will not be stinted in any way." And her thoughts said, "And Mimo ?" but she felt it wiser not to ask anything about him just then.

To have Mirko cared for by a really clever doctor, in good air, with some discipline as to bedtime, and not those unwholesome meals, snatched at odd hours at some restaurant, seemed a wonderfully good thing.