“On the contrary, Uncle Ralph wished me particularly to consult you.”
“Uncle Ralph! What is it, Aleck? I don’t understand.”
“He wants me to go into the store with him, and offers to teach me all he knows, and to give me a share in the business as soon as I am ready for it.”
The smile vanished, and a shade of pity came over the beautiful face.
“Poor Uncle Ralph! He is alone in the world, and I suppose he longs to have some of his own kith and kin with him every day. I am sorry he asked you, it will be so hard to refuse him.”
“You don’t think I had better go, then?”
“Why, Aleck!”
That was all she said, but the tone and the look said a thousand times more.
Aleck laughed in his turn.