“Then you think it is possible to make a gentleman of him?”
“If it is possible of any boy whom you could get from the Union, papa.”
“And you really think he is frank and tender-hearted?”
Helen pointed to the boy’s untouched plate.
“And you would not exchange him for something a little more tractable?”
“I don’t think you could. I really begin to like the mischievous little fellow, and I believe that in a very short time we should see a great change.”
“You do?”
“Yes; but of course we must be prepared for a great many more outbreaks of this kind.”
“Unless I stop them.”
“No, no, you must not stop them,” said Helen quietly. “These little ebullitions must not be suppressed in that way—I mean with undue severity.”