But I tell him it will be good for him.

It is really amusing to see how interested everybody in town is over Jimmy's going.

Do be kind to the poor fellow for the sake of your old childish friendship, no matter if he does seem a bit countrified and odd.

He is a dear good boy, and it would never do to let him feel slighted or unwelcome." When A.O.read that, much as she liked Jimmy Woods, she wished that the ground would open and swallow him before he could get to Washington, or else that it had opened and swallowed her before she drew such a picture of him for Elise to admire.

There were only two ways out of the dilemma that she could see: confession or a persistent refusal to let her see him.