“Indeed!” returned Mr. Stanton, appearing to be puzzled.
“You sent me ten dollars in a letter to Dr. Kent some months since?”
“Yes. I felt that it was best for you to depend on yourself, and that more would only encourage you to idleness.”
“I have come to thank you for the LOAN,” said Herbert, emphasizing the last word, “and to return the money.”
“What!” exclaimed Mr. Stanton, now thoroughly amazed.
Herbert repeated his former words.
“But I don't understand this. You are out of a place; yet you do not need this money.”
“No, I do not need it.”
This was certainly astonishing, and Mr. Stanton gazed at his nephew as if he did not know what to make of it.
“What are your plans?” he asked. “What are you going to do?”