"Being merely an honest man, I think I'll go. I've tried to put all Harry's things right for him, and to make it as easy for him to get along as I can."
"Can he find his papers and blue-books and things?"
"Oh, yes; and I got abstracts ready on all the things he cares about."
"He'll miss you horribly. Ah, well!"
"I suppose a little; but, really, I think he'll learn to get along——"
Mrs. Dennison interrupted with a laugh.
"Do you know," she asked, "what we remind me of? Why, of a husband and wife separating, and wondering whether the children will miss poor papa—though poor papa insists in going, and mamma is sure he must."
"I never mentioned the children," said Tom angrily.
"I know you didn't."