“You told them you wouldn’t run?”
“I told them I ought not consider it.”
“Well, that’s right; you oughtn’t.”
“But I want you to understand, Ben, that I have just as good a right to run as you have!”
“I don’t think so; not while you’re working for father, and when I’m already in the race.”
Mentally, Justin acknowledged that this was a point well taken.
“You won’t run?” said Ben, anxiously.
Justin hesitated, shifting uneasily on the high spring seat.
“N-o, I hardly think I ought to.”
“Thank you! I wanted to make sure.”