"No; I am alone."
"Perhaps it is just as well. You have been at less expense."
"True. You, however, have married, and, as I judge, are prosperous."
"Yes, I have a good business on Eighth Avenue," said Ezra Little, complacently. "I haven't been a rolling stone."
"Like me?"
"Well, yes, like you."
"And so you have gathered some moss."
"Yes; I think it a duty to succeed."
"If possible."
"A man can succeed if he goes to work the right way," said Ezra, dogmatically.