"If this young Eden can arouse her interest in mankind in general, it will be a good thing." "A very good thing," he commented.

"But suppose,--and we must suppose, sometimes, my dear,--suppose he arouses her interest too particularly in him ?" "Impossible," Mrs.Morse laughed.

"She is three years older than he, and, besides, it is impossible.

Nothing will ever come of it.

Trust that to me." And so Martin's role was arranged for him, while he, led on by Arthur and Norman, was meditating an extravagance.