"He is not the man to put Hughie under just now." "What are we to do with Hughie ?" replied her husband.

"He is getting no good in the school as it is, and we cannot send him away yet." "Send him away!" exclaimed his wife.

"No, no, not a child like that." "Craven might be a very good man," continued her husband.

"He might perhaps live with us.

I know you have more than enough to do now," he added, answering her look of dismay, "but he would be a great help to Hughie with his lessons, and might start him in his classics.