"I suppose not. Still we both need outfits, and I shall see to it that we get them as soon as possible."
"There are not many stores in this town--I mean stores of any importance."
"We will take a journey to Oxford. We can get about all we want there, and it will give you a chance to look at the most celebrated English institutions of learning."
"I shall like that."
"You ought to have a college education, Robert. It would prove very useful to you. Not but what I am satisfied with you, however," added the lady hastily.
"I would like to go to Yale or Harvard first-rate."
"Perhaps we will be able to arrange that later." Mrs. Vernon paused for a moment. "Robert, I feel that I owe you a good deal for saving my life."
"You don't owe me anything, Mrs. Vernon. I did no more than my duty."
"I think otherwise. To free myself from pain I took a double dose of my medicine, and I was in an extra heavy sleep when you aroused me. If you had not come I would have slept on until it was too late."
And the lady closed her eyes for a moment and shuddered.