"Then again I don't want always to live in this poor place," pursued Paul.
"It is comfortable. I feel fortunate in having so good a home."
"It would be easier to find a better one if we could afford to pay more rent. Of course this will do for the present. What have you been doing to-day, Grace?"
"I went to school this morning, and I have been studying arithmetic and geography at home since school was over."
"You will become a famous scholar in time, Grace."
"I never expect to know as much as mother," said Grace.
"I hope you will know a good deal more," said Mrs. Palmer.
"You know ever so much, mother."
"You think so now, because I know more than you; but the time will come when you will understand better how little your mother knows."
"Didn't you use to keep school, mother?"