"Oh, I know that."
"Then there needn't be any further discussion about it."
"No," she said, "not so far as I am concerned." And after a pause she asked: "What's your object in sending Bob over to school at Layfield?"
"To learn something, of course."
"But why can't he go to school at home? Can't he learn something here?"
"We have had a teacher for him here and he has done no good."
"Yes, but can't you send him to school at the Academy in town?"
"I could do it, of course, but I would rather have him go away. It will make him more important in his own estimation—will give him more confidence in himself."
"Is Dan going with him?"
"Oh, I knew what you were driving at. Yes," he almost shouted, "Dan is going with him."