"Oh, it would be too much to ask," said Alice.
"But you have not asked," answered Quincy. "I have offered you my services without your asking."
"But when could we begin?" asked Alice, hesitatingly.
"At once," replied Quincy. "I brought with me from Boston a half ream of legal paper and a dozen good pencils. I can write faster and much better with a pencil than I can with a pen, and as all legal papers have to be copied, I have got into the habit of using pencils for everything."
It took Quincy but a few minutes to go to his room and secure his paper and pencils. He drew a table close to Alice's chair and sat down beside her.
"What is the name of the story?" asked he.
Alice replied, "I have called it in my mind, 'How He Lost Both Name and Fortune.'"