Mr.Graves had shown no such feeling.
If he had heard Sylvester's report to Kuhn, at the office next day, he might have been even more surprised and pleased.
"He's a brick, Kuhn," declared the senior partner.

"A countryman, of course, but a keen, able, honest man, and, I think, a mighty good judge of character.

If I was as sure of his ability to judge investments and financial affairs, I should be certain the Warren children couldn't be in better hands.

And no doubt we can help him when it comes to that.
He'll probably handle the girl and boy in his own way, and his outside greenness may jar them a little.

But it'll do them good to be jarred at their age.