"It's what Auntie Hamps said to me, I think... I say, uncle."
"What's up?"
"Is Mr. John coming to-night?"
"I suppose so. Why?"
"Oh, nothing.... I say, uncle."
"That's twice you've said it."
The boy smiled.
"You know that piece in the Bible about if two of you shall agree on earth--?"
"What of it?" Edwin asked rather curtly, anticipating difficulties.
"I don't think two boys would be enough, would they? Two grown-ups might. But I'm not so sure about two boys. You see in the very next verse it says two or three, gathered together."