"It might happen."
"Yes; anything might happen. Meantime I am content with sufficient probabilities."
"By the way, how is that son of mine getting on?"
"Oh, pretty well. He's regular enough, and I hear no complaints of him from Stopper; and he's sharp enough, I assure you."
"But you're not over-satisfied with him yourself, eh?"
"Well, to speak the truth, between you and me, I don't think he's cut out for our business."
"That's much the same as saying he's of no use for business of any sort."
"I don't know. He does his work fairly well, as I say, but he don't seem to have any heart in it."
"Well, what do you think he is fit for now?"
"I'm sure I don't know. You could easily make a fine gentleman of him."