"This is a kind of joyous time, Mort; makes this old attic seem real pleasant."
"Yes; the architecture is simple in design; but the atmosphere is most exhilarating."
"I suppose I can tell father and mother?"
"To be sure. A good story is no worse for being twice told."
"What is Perk doing?"
"Just what you were doing all last year."
After dinner Rich went to the shop, and Morton, first taking a long walk, called there on his way back, and found Mr. Robert alone.
"Where is Rich?" he asked.
"Well, a man came here to get a 'clevis' pin made, and let them take his horse and wagon to haul a load of coal, while I made the pin. You seem to think a good deal of Rich, as you call him, Mr. Morton."
"I don't know how I could love him any more than I do."