"Not at money?"
"It is no use, Philip, to talk to people about what they cannot understand."
"I thought understanding on that point was universal."
"They have another standard in this family for weighing things, from that which you and I have been accustomed to go by."
"What is it?"
"I can hardly tell you, in a word. I am not sure that I can tell you at all. Ask Lois."
"When can I ask her? Do you spend your evenings alone?"
"By no means! Sometimes I go out and read 'Rob Roy' to them. Sometimes the girls come to me for some deeper reading, or lessons."
"Will they come to-night?"
"Of course not! They would not interfere with your enjoyment of my society."