"I mean, of course, if the report is true."
"So I mean."
"But you will not stay here?"
"I think I will."
"But it would be much better to go out of town."
"If I think so, I'll go."
"I'll make you think so," said Rufus putting on his hat, — "or else I won't go engineering! I'll be back in an hour."
CHAPTER VIII.
Yea, men may wonder, while they scan
A living, thinking, feeling man,
In such a rest his heart to keep;
But angels say, — and through the word
I ween their blessed smile is heard, —
"He giveth his beloved sleep!"
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
Notwithstanding however Rufus's assurance, he did go off to his engineering and he did not succeed in changing his brother's mind. Winthrop abode in his place, to meet whatever the summer had in store for him.