"I have always found him so."
"Why can't he, attend upon you?"
"I mean to retain him with me—that is, if he will stay. It will be dull work for a boy of his age."
"You can obtain a nurse, besides, if needful."
"You had better engage one for me, as I cannot confine him here all the time."
"I will do so. I know of one, skillful and experienced, who is just now at leisure. I will send her round here this morning."
"What is her name?"
"Not a very romantic one—Betsy Chase."
"I suppose that doesn't prevent her being a good nurse," said the professor, smiling.
"Not at all."