"Colonel Sharpley, Mr. Craven's friend, is going, and offered to take me."
"Didn't Mr. Craven object?"
"No; why should he? He thought it was a good plan."
"And your mother?"
"She was a little afraid at first that something might happen to me; but, as Colonel Sharpley and Mr. Craven were in favor of it, she yielded."
"Well, Frank, all I can say is, that I wish I were in your shoes."
"I wish you were going with me, Ben. Wouldn't it be jolly?"
"Unfortunately, Frank, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, like you. You are the son of rich parents, while my father is a poor carpenter, working by the day."
"I like you as much as if you were worth half a million, Ben."