9/27 There's nothing that girl couldn't do if she got a little encouragement. Give her the smallest hint and she acts on it at once." "I wish to God then," said Doyle, "that you'd held off from giving her hints, as you call it. Only for you I don't believe she'd ever have thought--" "I'm not speaking now of the paraffin oil business. You mustn't allow that to become an obsession with you, Doyle. There are other things in the world besides that judge's meals. |