"0h, Gerald, let me tell Mamma. It will make her so cheerful. You are heridol, and to hear you say these things, to look at you look so like dearPapa, would do more for her spirits than all the physicians in England."

"Wait till I prove what my resolution is worth. When I have really donesomething, then I'll surprise Mamma with a sample of my work."

"0f course you'll tell Lucia?"

"Not on any account. It is a little secret between us, so keep it till Igive you leave to tell it."

"But Jean will look at it at once; she knows everything that happens, she isso quick and wise. Do you mind her knowing?"