"She's a daisy!" answered Gilbert,
shrugging his shoulders. "I don't think I ever saw
a more disagreeable woman."
"Do you blame me for leaving home?"
"I only wonder you have been able to stay so long.
I had a long conversation with your father."
"Mrs. Crawford has made a different man of him.
I should have no trouble in getting along with him
if there was no one to come between us."
"He gave me this for you," said Gilbert,
producing the ten-dollar bill.
"Did my stepmother know of his sending it?"
"No; she was opposed to sending your trunk,
but your father said emphatically you should have it."
"I am glad he showed that much spirit."
"I have some hopes that he will make you
an allowance of a few dollars a week."
"That would make me all right, but I don't expect it."
"You will probably hear from your father
to-morrow or next day, so you will have to
make yourself contented a little longer."
"I hope you are not very homesick, Mr.
Crawford?" said Julia, coquettishly.
"I would ask nothing better than to stay
here permanently," rejoined Carl, earnestly.
"This is a real home. I have met with more
kindness here than in six months at my own
home."
"You have one staunch friend at home,"
said Gilbert.
"You don't allude to Peter?"
"So far as I can judge, he hates you like
poison. I mean Jane."
"Yes, Jane is a real friend. She has been
in the family for ten years. She was a favorite
with my own mother, and feels an interest in me."
"By the way, your stepmother's charge that
you took a wallet containing money from her
drawer has been disproved by Jane.
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