I want him to be more impatient." "Great political changes you mean ?" She nodded; then added-- "But only for the sake, of course, of great social changes to come after." He pondered a moment.
"Aldous has never believed in _great_ changes coming suddenly.

He constantly looks upon me as rash in the things _I_ adopt and believe in.
But for the contriving, unceasing effort of every day to make that part of the social machine in which a man finds himself work better and more equitably, I have never seen Aldous's equal--for the steady passion, the persistence, of it." She looked up.

His pale face had taken to itself glow and fire; his eyes were full of strenuous, nay, severe expression.

Her foolish pride rebelled a little.
"Of course, I haven't seen much of that yet," she said slowly.
His look for a moment was indignant, incredulous, then melted into a charming eagerness.
"But you will! naturally you will!--see everything.

I hug myself sometimes now for pure pleasure that some one besides his grandfather and I will know what Aldous is and does.