"What did you think of it?"
"I liked parts of it very much."
He went on, still smiling.
" 'June 15. Goldsmith's Animated Nature.'
" 'June I8. 1 Life of Washington.'
"What Life of Washington?"
"Marshall's."
"Hum. 'July 9. 2 Goldsmith's An. Na.' As I live, begun the very day the first volume was finished! Did you read the whole of that?"
"Oh yes, Sir. I liked that book very much."
" 'July 12. 5 Hist. de France.'