Ben approached and stood beside the easy-chair.
“Why, you are looking fine,” said the old man in some surprise. “You don’t look as if you had been sick.”
“No, sir.”
“You feel perfectly well, then, in spite of your recent sickness?”
“I am very glad. And you enjoyed traveling?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You are very well grown. I did not expect to find you so large.”
“He has grown rapidly, Uncle Henry,” said Mrs. Harcourt.
“Basil would be glad to see you. He thought you were dead!”