Do you realize what this bequest means ?" he asked, gently.
"It means that Patricia will inherit Elmhurst--and a fortune besides.
Why not, Silas?
I liked the child from the first.

She's frank and open and brave, and will do credit to my judgment." "She is very young and unsophisticated," said the lawyer, "and of all your nieces she will least appreciate your generosity." "You are to be my executor, and manage the estate until the girl comes of age.

You will see that she is properly educated and fitted for her station in life.

As for appreciation, or gratitude, I don't care a snap of my finger for such fol-de-rol." The lawyer sighed.
"But the boy, Jane?
You seem to have forgotten him," he said.
"Drat the boy! I've done enough for him already." "Wouldn't Tom like you to provide for Kenneth in some way, however humbly ?" She glared at him angrily.
"How do you know what Tom would like, after all these years ?" she asked, sternly.

"And how should I know, either?
The money is mine, and the boy is nothing to me.