"Oh, sir, that is splendid! You can't imagine how responsible I feel about my promise to Emile--or what a fine chap he was!"
Mr. Everett took a notebook and a pencil from his pocket.
"Please give me some of the facts concerning this child," he said in a business-like manner.
As Capt. Allan repeated them he entered each in the little book.
"And you know nothing more concerning Emile's family?"
"Only a little more--back in the hospital I talked with a French surgeon who had known Emile's father. He said he had been a sculptor--until he grew blind. I imagine they were very poor. The doctor said that Emile had been studying, too--in Paris. I remembered he had said something once to me that had made me think he was just waiting to finish his studies to keep his promise to his mother--to come to America to live!"
Thomas Everett shook his head. "Oh, what this war has done! The boy was doubtless gifted!" He sighed deeply. "When it is possible go to Paris and, for the child's sake, find out all you can of her family. In the meantime----"
But at this point Patricia, too impatient to longer await her father's decision, burst into the room!
CHAPTER III
RENÉE FINDS A HOME