See what's required and let me know." Such was Bassett's reply when Harwood asked his permission to serve as administrator of Andrew Kelton's estate.

Bassett was a busy man, and his domestic affairs often gave him concern.

He had talked to Harwood a good deal about Marian, several times in fits of anger at her extravagance.
His wife retired fitfully to sanatoriums, and he had been obliged to undertake the supervision of his children's schooling.

Blackford was safe for the time in a military school, and Marian had been tutored for a year at home.

The idea of a college course for Marian had been, since Sylvia appeared, a mania with Mrs.Bassett.Marian had not the slightest interest in the matter, and Bassett was weary of the struggle, and sick of the idea, that only by a college career for her could Mrs.Owen's money be assured to his children.