"They've changed their name. At least the older boy did. In public, too."
"What did he change it to?"
Dr. McAllister watched his visitor's face closely while he pronounced the name clearly, "Henry James."
A flood of recollections passed over the man's face, and he flushed deeply.
"That boy!" he exclaimed. "That wonderful running boy?"
Then events began to move along rapidly.
CAUGHT
"They never will go with you in this world," declared Mrs. McAllister finally to the distracted grandfather, "unless you give us time to break the news gradually. And above all, when Violet is so ill."
"Couldn't I see them?" begged the man, almost like a boy. "I could pretend I was a friend of yours, visiting you, who liked children. I would promise not to tell them until you consented."