11/24 He unfolded it slowly and went on, scanning it as he talked. They say he was a very able mathematician and astronomer. It's rather remarkable that we should have kept him in Indiana. I suppose you may have seen him at Mrs.Owen's; they had a common tie in their Kentucky connections. I guess there's no tie quite like the Kentucky tie, unless it's the Virginian." He seemed absorbed in the letter--one of a number he had taken from his bag; then he glanced up as though waiting for Dan's reply. |