The talk took another turn--and, soon after, Doctor Benjulia joined the guests.

I don't know whether you have observed that Mr.Gallilee is very fond of his stepson ?" Oh, yes! Carmina had noticed that.

"I like Mr.Gallilee," she said warmly; "he is such a nice, kind-hearted, natural old man." Miss Minerva concealed a sneer under a smile.

Fond of Mr.Gallilee?
what simplicity! "Well," she resumed, "the doctor paid his respects to the master of the house, and then he shook hands with Mr.Ovid; and then the scientific gentlemen all got round him, and had learned talk.

Mr.
Gallilee came up to his stepson, looking a little discomposed.