? ? ? ? "You can look for yourself when you go back," answered the housekeeper.
? ? ? ? "What else did my uncle say? Tell me all."
? ? ? ? "He said: 'What would I give, Mrs. Bradley, if I had such a grandson? If George's boy had lived, he would have been about Frank's age. And," continued the housekeeper, "I might as well speak plainly. You're my master's heir, or ought to be; but if this artful boy stays here long, there's no knowing what your uncle may be influenced to do. If he gets into his dotage, he may come to adopt him, and leave the property away from you."
? ? ? ? "I believe you are quite right. The danger exists, and we must guard against it. I see you don't like the boy," said John Wade.
? ? ? ? "No, I don't. He's separated your uncle and me. Before he came, I used to spend my evenings in the library, and read to your uncle. Besides, when I found your uncle wanted a reader, I asked him to take my nephew, who is a salesman in the very same store where that boy is a cash-boy, but although I've been twenty years in this house I could not get him to grant the favor, which he granted to that boy, whom he never met till a few weeks ago.
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