"You would not have me repudiate my own sister?" said Mrs. Talbot, half indignantly.
"Well, no, not exactly repudiate her, but you can receive her early in the morning when no one is likely to be here. You must remember also that Mark, her son, has been, and perhaps still is, a common telegraph boy, whom we couldn't have coming freely to the house and claiming relationship with Edgar."
"I think Mark is a pretty good fellow," said Edgar unexpectedly.
It was only the previous evening that Mark had got him out of trouble.
"This is a little surprising in you, Edgar," said Solon Talbot, arching his brow. "I thought you looked down upon him."
"I did, but I have changed my opinion of him."
"He is a poor working boy."
"He may be a working boy but he has more money than I. He always seems to have plenty of it."
"Probably somebody has paid him some money, and he carries it all around with him. Have you seen him since he returned from his journey?"
"Yes, father."