The Oliver boys talked in something of this strain when they got back from town that night:
"Didn't those horses fly!"
"Isn't Dr. Phisterer splendid!"
"I never knew Fred was so nice a fellow."
"Will you ever forget the surprise of the two Wills as we dashed by the Edson's?"
"'Twas rich; and then our meeting father before we'd gone a mile."
"And with Colonel Yale! I thought of the library right away."
"So did I; and you heard how delighted papa was; said he'd been thinking all the way out if he'd only attended to having those books straightened; for Colonel Yale has one of the finest collections, you know."
"Oh yes; but do you know," interrupted Douglas, "that we haven't yet touched upon the best thing of all?"
"What do you mean?" asked Hugh.