Always Rich
"You are always rich while you have courage, and without it Crœsus himself would be poor. It's not the circumstance, remember—it's the way you meet it."
"I know," said Barbara, but her eyes filled with tears of gratitude, nevertheless.
Ambrose North came in from the street, and immediately felt the presence of a stranger in the room. "Who is here?" he asked.
"This is Miss Wynne, Father. She is stopping at the hotel and came up to call."
The old man bowed in courtly fashion over the young woman's hand. "We are glad to see you," he said, gently. "I am blind, but I can see with my soul."
"That is the true sight," returned Eloise. Her big brown eyes were soft with pity.
"Have many of the guests come?" he inquired.
"I have a friend," laughed Eloise, "who says it is wrong to call people 'guests' when they are stopping at a hotel. He insists that 'inmates' is a much better word."
"He is not far from right," said the old man, smiling. "Is he there now?"