That M.Andre is entitled to the very greatest commiseration no one can deny; but you should remember, that after all a physical infirmity is not so hard to bear as mental grief.

Now, I have watched your son pretty closely, and unless I am much mistaken there is nothing, that troubles him so much as the sight of your own sorrow." "But I never let him see it," he broke in hastily.

"My sole thought is how to divert him.

I have discovered, that in spite of his physical weakness, he delights in travelling; so for the last few years we have been constantly on the move.

We first went all over Europe, and are now returning from visiting the principal places in the United States.
I never allowed my son to go to college, but instructed him entirely myself, and these travels, I hope, will serve to complete his education.
He is very intelligent, and has a lively imagination, and I am sometimes tempted to hope that in contemplating the wonders of nature he forgets his own infirmity." "Yes, sir, of course he does," I assented.
"But," continued M.Letourneur, taking my hand, "although, perhaps, HE may forget, I can never forget.