I suppose his relations are not likely to interest themselves in his protegee ?" "No," said Ralph.

"His aunt is young, and dresses very grandly, and I don't think she takes much notice of Prosper himself.

Oh no, _you_ could do it much better than any one else, grandmother; find out all about her and what she would like--in a nice sort of way, you know." Grandmother drew Ralph to her and kissed him.

"My own dear boy," she said.
Ralph got rather red, but his eyes shone with pleasure nevertheless.
"Grandmother," he said, half shyly, "I've had a lesson about not calling fellows cads in a hurry, but all the same you won't forget about telling us the story of Uncle Jack's cad, will you ?" "What a memory you have, Ralph," said grandmother.

"You're nearly as bad for stories as Molly.