'
'He'll have something to do.'
'He reads by steam, and he has two or three young men with him to
take it all down and make other books out of it;--just as you'll
see a lady take a lace shawl and turn it all about till she has
trimmed a petticoat with it. It is the same lace all through,--and
so I tell father it's the same knowledge.'
'But he puts it where more people will find it.'
'The lady endeavours to do the same with the lace. That depends on
whether people look up or down. Father however is a very learned
man. You mustn't suppose that I am laughing at him. He is going to
write a very learned book. Only everybody will be dead before it
can be half finished.' They still went on together, and then he
gave her his arm and took her into the place where the
strawberries and cream were prepared. As he was going in he saw
Mabel Grex walking with Tregear, and she bowed to him pleasantly
and playfully. 'Is that lady a great friend of yours?' asked Miss
Boncassen.
'A very great friend indeed.'
'She is very beautiful.'
'And clever as well,--and good as gold.
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