In fact, I didn't know there were so many splendid flowers in the world." Mrs.Palmer, large, calm, fair, like her daughter, responded with a mild reproach: "That's because you haven't been cousinly enough to get used to them, Arthur.

You've almost taught us to forget what you look like." In defense Russell waved a hand toward her husband.

"You see, he's begun to keep me so hard at work----" But Mr.Palmer declined the responsibility.

"Up to four or five in the afternoon, perhaps," he said.

"After that, the young gentleman is as much a stranger to me as he is to my family.