"Howl? Do they usually howl at you?"
"Not literally, of course, and not half as much as I deserve. But then, I want moral support."
"What now?"
"I want—" Theodora paused impressively—"I want to go to college, and I want to go into business."
The doctor smiled.
"Well, my aspiring daughter, and which will be your choice?"
"Both; one for the sake of the other. It is this way; I want to go to Smith. It is the best place for me, and I do want to go more than you've any idea. You don't disapprove, do you?"
"Not if it can be arranged," he answered thoughtfully. "But what has started you on this so suddenly, Teddy?"
"It isn't so sudden as it seems; but I didn't want to talk about it too soon. You see, mamma and Mrs. Farrington both are college women, and their talk makes me half wild to go. Billy goes, next year, and I shall be all ready to enter at the same time. Should you mind very much?"
"I should hate to lose you for four long years, Ted."