"He is in charge of Chester while I am in the city."
"Why, he is only a boy!"
"Is that against him?"
"I thought Chester had a nurse."
"So he did, but she proved dishonest."
"Then why didn't you engage another?"
"Because Chester felt sensitive about having a girl following him. The other boys in the hotel laughed at him."
"Let them laugh!" said Miss Holbrook severely. "Are you to have your plans changed by a set of graceless boys?"
"As to that, Maria, I find this boy more satisfactory, both to Chester and myself."
"Humph! What is his name?"