"No! I've noticed that he has been making the most awful noises in his room lately."
"Well, the talk grew out of that and the new debts he has contracted."
"Edgar can't turn around without getting into debt!" ejaculated his mother desperately.
Kathleen told her then what had occurred and she listened attentively.
"Do you suppose it will amount to anything?" she asked at last.
Kathleen shook her head vaguely. "I don't know enough about the opportunities," she replied, "and I know too much about Edgar. If he is only going to use an accomplishment to stand in a more brilliant limelight with those whose admiration he wants—" she shook her head again.
Mrs. Fabian looked thoughtful. "I never saw such a look in his face as he had just now."
"Father's words stung him, I know. He even said, 'I don't blame you.' Perhaps he will begin now to be a man."
"I thought he might be going forever. I didn't dare to speak to him."
Kathleen gave a disclaiming exclamation. "He couldn't do that. He is more helpless than a little new-fledged chicken."