other, and now it expressed a positive pain. But he forced a smile and said: "Th

ourse. Where else sho

hingly that he quite gave up the attempt to be gay about it.

im, as if to make sure that she heard aright, and said, with all the keen reproach th

he best foot, forward at first-or as long as the whole thing was in the air. I didn't know that you would take so much to th

ssented, sadly. "We CO

mself now. "Fulkerson thought we could get a nice flat in New York for about what the interest and taxes came to here, and provisions are cheaper. But I should

eous! Of course I shouldn't mind that; but I've always lived in Boston, and the children were born and have all their friendships and associations here." She added, with the h

flying in the face of Providence to leave Boston. The mere fact of a brilliant opening like that offered me on 'The Microbe,' and the halcyo

lemnly, "have I ever inte

for you to interf

suppose that if I thought it would really be for your a

s that it would. I don't blame you. I wasn't born in Boston, but I understand how you feel. And really, my dear," he added, without irony, "I never serious

ar you say that, Ba

hough it's convenient to have five. The fact is, I'm too old to change so radically. If you don't like my saying that, then you are, Isabel, and so are the children. I've no right to take them from the home we've made, and to change the whole course of their lives, unless I can assure them of something, and I can't assure them of anything. Boston is big enough for us, and it's certainly prettier than New York. I always feel a little proud of hailing from Boston; my pleasure in the place mounts the farther I get away from

e she sat in a growing distraction, and

"Shall we tell the

t's the

d girl sat on either side of the lamp working out the lessons for Monday which they had le

ord first. "And give up the Frid

to Columbia. They haven't got any dormitories, and you have to board round

r perspective shows the affair in its true proportions.