"What's that you have still to live and learn, Matilda?" said Mr. George, coming in again with papers.
"This young man is teaching me lessons about life. Courage is the first quality in life, if you please."
"Well, why not?" said Old George amiably. "I like spunk myself."
"Courage to do the right thing!" said Aunt Matilda.
"And who's going to decide which is the right thing?" asked the old man, teasing her.
"There's no question of it," said Aunt Matilda.
"Well," said the old lawyer, rubbing his head, "there often is, my dear woman, a very big question!"
"And fidelity is the second virtue," said Mary, looking up at him with trustful eyes, enquiringly.
"A man's no good unless he can keep faith," said the old man.
"But what is it one must remain faithful to?" came the quiet cool voice of Hilda Blessington.