"I can see him as before; the only difference will be that you are his master, in all other respects he will belong to us both."
"May I know what your knight-errant is saying to you, Mary?" inquired Mrs. Becker.
"Oh, I have been so angry with him; he was going to refuse my present."
"That was very naughty of him, certainly."
"He has, however, consented, like a dutiful squire, to obey my behests."
"Yes, mother, Toby is henceforth to be divided between us."
"Divided?"
"Yes; that is, he is to be nominally mine, but virtually to belong to us both. Is it not so, Miss Wolston?"
"Yes, Master Fritz."
On his side, Jack had approached Miss Sophia.