"I think that if you had started me in the same manner, when I was fifteen, that I should have done the same," replied Harry, with spirit.
"Then you think that you can't be blamed justly?"
"No, sir," returned Harry, respectfully.
"Well, I suppose that it has been all my own doing," resumed Mr. Mornington. "But seriously, Harry, do you wish to give up law and become one of the firm? Speak out, boy, there is no good in taking up a thing if you have no heart for it."
"You mistake me altogether," interposed Harry, hastily. "I have not the least wish to give up the law."
"So let it be then. And I agree to your request—provided that you 'pass' within a year."
"All right—thanks," returned Harry, thinking that he had made a capital arrangement.
"I suppose," added his father, "that you will have to take the girls to Elm Grove."
"Unless it interferes with the bargain," Harry began—
"Ha, ha!" laughed Mr. Mornington. "You will make a good lawyer yet, I believe."