9/24 But I do not wish to trouble or disobey you openly. I will go away from home for that time. Good Mr.Barton will cause no trouble; he wants nothing but peace. You have taught me too much, or you have not given me time enough--" Again he broke off, knowing that he had said what he did not mean, but the old man was on him like a hawk. "I do not mean that I should change if I had a hundred years; I am sure I shall not. |