“If you want to.”
Simon Moore was not always willing to be troubled with his cousin, but this evening he chanced to be in a pleasanter humor than usual.
“I have tickets to a concert, John,” he said. “Would you like to go?”
“Very much,” answered John, readily.
“The tickets were given me by a friend of mine, who is on the ‘Times,’” explained Moore.
“Where is the concert, cousin Simon?”
“At Steinway Hall.”
It was, in fact, the same concert to which Gilbert was invited by Mr. Vivian.
The book-keeper was not remarkable for his liberality, and John had been not a little surprised at receiving the invitation, until he learned that the tickets had cost his cousin nothing.
Eight o’clock found them in their seats at Steinway Hall. The concert did not commence punctually, and they had some time to look about them.