"'Stowed away,' as father says, in the barn, somewhere. Mr. Holmes is not as strict as he used to be, is he?"
"No, he never was after that. I think he needed to give a lesson to himself."
"He looks haggard and old."
"I suppose he is old; I don't know how old he is, over forty."
"That is antiquated. You will be forty yourself, if you live long enough."
"Twenty-two years," she answered seriously; "that is time enough to do a good many things in."
"I intend to do a good many things," he answered with a proud humility in his voice that struck Marjorie.
"What—for example?"
"Travel, for one thing, make money, for another."
"What do you want money for?" she questioned.