"Where? Excuse my pertinacity."
"At Dr. Asbury's. I have promised to practice some duets with
Helen."
"Do you play well, Beulah? Are you a good musician?"
"Yes."
Cornelia mused a moment, and then said slowly, as if watching the effect of her question:
"You have seen Eugene, of course?"
"Yes."
"He has changed very much in his appearance, has he not?"
"More than I was prepared to expect."
"He is to be a merchant, like my father."