7/11 Then she resumed cheerfully: "But she is better now. She will talk of him, indeed, likes at times to talk of him; she is comforted by it, and the boy"-- Millie's face became radiant--"the boy is splendid. You shall see him." Martin was shown the boy. He seemed to him much like any other boy of his age, but such remarkable things in the way of avoirdupois poundage and teething, serenity of temper and quickness of apprehension were explained to him that he felt that he must be in the presence of a prodigy. |