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"You said you didn't want me to
think you so!"
"You see," said Leslie, "Mr. Bruce has a living income; so have I, from my
mother. Fortunes seem to me to work more trouble than they do good. I
believe poor folks are happiest, they get most out of life, and after all
what gives deep, heart-felt joy, is the thing to live for, isn't it? But
we must hurry. Mr. Lowry didn't promise to hold the flowers long."
"I'll be ready in a minute, but I see where Douglas Bruce is giving you
wrong ideas," said Mrs. Minturn. "He needs a good talking to. Money is the
only thing worth while, and the comfort and the pleasure it brings.
Without it you are crippled, handicapped, a slave crawling while others
step over you. I'll convince _him!_ Back in a minute."
When Mrs. Minturn returned she was in a delightful mood, her face eager,
her dress beautiful. Leslie wondered if this woman ever had known a care,
then remembered that not long before she had lost a little daughter.
Leslie explained as they went swiftly through the streets.


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