5/17 He declared it was the only way in which you could be sure of helping others. People talk about Colonel Burr. My dear, Colonel Burr was a man who minded his own business." May Newt held her tongue. She felt instinctively that a woman of sixty-five, who had been trained by Colonel Burr, was not very likely to accept the opinions of a girl of her years. Mrs.Newt was feebly rocking herself during the conversation between her daughter and aunt; and when they had finished said, despairingly, "Dear me! what will people say? |