30/32 Or indeed in a wholly tame one. My interest at any time is purely scientific and would never lead me to marry into their family circle. My wife's father, as a matter of fact, is English. A professional man, retired, and living upon a small--er--estate near Vancouver. Her mother, who died when Desire was a child, was English also." "Who took care of the child ?" "A Chinaman." The professor was listening to Desire's distant laugh and answered absently with more truth than wisdom. |