“And did you ever go and squeak in a corner, and then creep away, to make the blind man think you were there, and so go groping after you?”
“Why, yes,” said James; “but that is not deception.”
“Why, don’t you try to make the blind man think you are in the corner, when, in fact, you have gone?”
“Yes,” said James.
“And is not that trying to deceive him?”
“Yes—” said James, hesitating, “but,—I think that that is a very different thing.”
“How is it different?” said Jonas.
It is probable that James would have found some difficulty in answering this question; but, in fact, he did not have the opportunity to try, for, just then, he heard some one calling him, and he and Rollo went into the house. They wanted him to go, and so he got into the chaise and rode away, promising to come and see Rollo in the afternoon, if he could get permission. Soon after this, Rollo sat down, with the rest of the family, to dinner. He determined to commence in earnest the work of collecting curiosities that afternoon.