Nothing romantic (thank God!), and nothing (as Mr.Mool's letter tells me) that can lead to misunderstandings or disputes." Ovid's indifference was not to be conquered.

He left it to his mother to send him word if he had a legacy "I am not as much interested in it as you are," he explained.

"Plenty of money left to you, of course ?" He was evidently thinking all the time of something else.
Mrs.Gallilee stopped in the hall, with an air of downright alarm.
"Your mind is in a dreadful state," she said.
"Have you really forgotten what I told you, only yesterday?
The Will appoints me Carmina's guardian." He had plainly forgotten it--he started, when his mother recalled the circumstance.

"Curious," he said to himself, "that I was not reminded of it, when I saw Carmina's rooms prepared for her." His mother, anxiously looking at him, observed that his face brightened when he spoke of Carmina.

He suddenly changed his mind.
"Make allowances for an overworked man," he said.