“True. Dress makes a great change.”
“Besides, I pass under a different name.”
“Yes. Let me see, what is your real name?”
“Ben Bruce.”
“Oh, yes! And you say your mother lives in the country?”
“Yes, in a small New Hampshire town.”
Mrs. Harcourt seemed pleased to hear this.
“Perhaps you would like to hear my plans,” she said after a pause.
“Yes, mother.”
“I expect to winter in Paris. And, by the way, Edwin, I suppose you know nothing of the French language.”