The wisest course would be to leave him in the window-seat, harmlessly employed.

"Shall we step into the dining-room ?" she suggested, leading the way out.

"Wait there, Jack, till I return; I may have another good mark to put in my pocket-book." The two ladies held their conference, with closed doors, in the empty dining-room.
"My only excuse for troubling you, madam," the widow began, "is that I speak in the interest of that poor little Jack, whom we have just left in the office.

May I ask if you have lately observed any signs of excitement in him ?" "Certainly!" Mrs.Wagner answered, with her customary frankness of reply; "I found it necessary to compose him, when he came to me about an hour ago--and you have just seen that he is as quiet again as a man can be.

I am afraid you have had reason to complain of his conduct yourself ?" Madame Fontaine lifted her hands in gently-expressed protest.