Then--"Am I," he asked, "from this point of view of mine, to be glad or sorry ?" "I don't understand you." "Why, is Hudson to be happy, or unhappy ?" She hesitated a moment.

"You wish him to be great in his profession?
And for that you consider that he must be happy in his life ?" "Decidedly.

I don't say it 's a general rule, but I think it is a rule for him." "So that if he were very happy, he would become very great ?" "He would at least do himself justice." "And by that you mean a great deal ?" "A great deal." Christina sank back in her chair and rested her eyes on the cracked and polished slabs of the pavement.

At last, looking up, "You have not forgotten, I suppose, that you told me he was engaged ?" "By no means." "He is still engaged, then ?" "To the best of my belief." "And yet you desire that, as you say, he should be made happy by something I can do for him ?" "What I desire is this.

That your great influence with him should be exerted for his good, that it should help him and not retard him.
Understand me.