“He lives with Mr. Jennings, I hear.”
“So he tells me.”
“It is rather strange. I didn’t suppose that Jennings would care to receive a boy in his house, or that tall grenadier of a housekeeper, either. I expect she rules the household.”
“She could tuck him under her arm and walk off with him,” said Leonard, laughing.
“The boy must be artful to have wormed his way into the favor of the strange pair. He seems to be a favorite.”
“Yes, uncle, I think he is. However, I like my position better than his.”
“He will learn his business from the beginning. I don’t know but it was a mistake for you to leave the factory.”
“I am not at all sorry for it, uncle.”
“Your position doesn’t amount to much.”
“I am paid just as well as I was when I was in the factory.”