6/34 I hate money." "Oh, Frank!" "I hate money." "But, Frank, the estate ?" "I hate the estate--at least I shall hate it if I am expected to buy it at such a price as that. The estate is my father's." "Oh, no, Frank; it is not." "It is in the sense I mean. He may do with it as he pleases; he will never have a word of complaint from me. I am ready to go into a profession to-morrow. I'll be a lawyer, or a doctor, or an engineer; I don't care what." Frank, in his enthusiasm, probably overlooked some of the preliminary difficulties. |