"Go on, model of self-sufficiency!" said Frank.
"Scoff at me if you will, I am proof. But hearken--you mustn"t turn out that schoolmistress. She"s an angel, and I know it; and if I say so of any human being, you may be sure I have pretty good reasons."
"I am beginning to be of your mind myself," said Frank.
END OF VOL. 1.