At last he said, "Well, sir, I will do anything that you advise." "Have you anything to urge against it ?" asked Mr.Lenox.
"Not exactly on my own account," replied John, "though I admit that the three years or more seems a long time to me, but I have been drawing on you exclusively all my life, except for the little money I earned in Rush & Company's office, and--" "You have done so, my dear boy," said his father gently, "with my acquiescence.

I may have been wrong, but that is a fact.

If in my judgment the arrangement may be continued for a while longer, and in the mean time you are making progress toward a definite end, I think you need have no misgivings.

It gratifies me to have you feel as you do, though it is no more than I should have expected of you, for you have never caused me any serious anxiety or disappointment, my son." Often in the after time did John thank God for that assurance.
"Thank you, sir," he said, putting down his hand, palm upward, on the table, and his eyes filled as the elder man laid his hand in his, and they gave each other a lingering pressure.
Mr.Lenox divided the last of the wine in the bottle between the two glasses, and they drank it in silence, as if in pledge.
"I will go in to see Carey & Carey in the morning, and if they are agreeable you can see them afterward," said Mr.Lenox.

"They are not one of the great firms, but they have a large and good practice, and they are friends of mine.