"Well, perhaps so," admitted Seth, slowly.
"How long have you been in New York?"
"I arrived last week."
"From Michigan?"
"Yes."
"Do you plan to stay here?"
"Well, I have not quite decided. I took a little while to get settled, and then I looked you up in the directory. But I have found more than I bargained for. I did not know that any of Lucy's family were in America," and he nodded in the direction of Scott.
"Yes," answered Ezra, with a slight frown; "Scott's father took it into his head to come to America when he was in the last stages of consumption. He died on the passage leaving his son to the cold mercies of the world."
"And you kindly took him into your home?"