"I would write twice—three times a week, and I should have ever so much to tell you after I got home."
"What do you think, Mr. Craven?" asked his wife, hesitatingly.
"I think it a very good plan, Mary, but, as you know, I don't wish to interfere with your management of Frank. If you say yes, I have no sort of objection."
Just at that moment Frank felt more kindly toward Mr. Craven than he had ever done before. He could not, of course, penetrate the treachery which he meditated.
"I hardly know what to say. Do you think there would be any danger?"
"I have great confidence in my friend, Colonel Sharpley. He is an experienced traveler—has been everywhere, as he has told you. I really wish I could go myself in the party."
This Frank did not wish, though he would prefer to go with Mr. Craven rather than stay at home.
"Would it not interrupt his studies?" asked his mother, as a final objection.
"Summer is near at hand, and he would have a vacation at any rate. He will probably study all the better after he returns."