'
'That's so like you, Dick!'
'I'll have to go soon.'
'Oh, Dick! Can't you--'
'There's something I want not to miss, you see.'
'I'm glad of that.'
'I'm not going yet; but I mean that when I do I'll just slip away.'
'What I am afraid of is that you won't come back.'
'I will--honest Injun--if you keep bright.'
'But, if I do that, Dick, you might think I wasn't missing you so much.'
'We know better than that. You see, if you're bright, I'll get a good
mark for it.'
'I'll be bright.'
Dick pops him into the settle again.
'Remember your pipe.'
'Yes, Dick.'
'Do you still go to that swimming-bath, and do your dumb-bell
exercises?'
'No, I--'
'You must.'
'All right, Dick, I will.'
'And I want you to be smarter next time. Your hair's awful.'
'I'll get it cut, Dick.'
'Are you hard at work over your picture of those three Graces?'
'No. I put that away. I'm just doing little things nowadays. I can't--'
'Look here, sonny, you've got to go on with it. You don't seem to know
how interested I am in your future.'
'Very well, Dick; I'll bring it out again.
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