Of course, we've nothing to do with that.
Luck's luck, and I think I know who'll make best use of it.' 'Why didn't you tell all this when Alice was here ?' inquired his mother, seeming herself again, though very grave.
'I'll tell you.

I thought it over, and it seems to me it'll be better if Alice and 'Arry wait a while before they know what'll come to them.
They can't take anything till they're twenty-one.

Alice is a good girl, but--' He hesitated, having caught his mother's eye.

He felt that this prudential course justified in a measure her anxiety.
'She's a girl,' he pursued, 'and we know that a girl with a lot o' money gets run after by men who care nothing about her and a good deal about the money.

Then it's quite certain 'Arry won't be any the better for fancying himself rich.