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He had found her: he would keep her. The Orphans' Home should
not have her. The law should not have her. Only one possibility had any
weight with Mickey: if some one like Mr. Bruce or Miss Winton wanted to
give her a home of luxury, could provide care at once, for which he would
be forced to wait years to earn the money; if they wanted her and the
Carrel man of many miracles would come for them; did he dare leave her
lying an hour, when there was even hope she might be on her feet? There
was only one answer to that with Mickey, but it pained his heart. So his
greeting lacked its customary spontaneity.
By noon Bruce was irritable, while Mickey was as nearly sullen as it was
in his nature to be. At two o'clock Bruce surrendered, summoned the car,
and started to the golf grounds. He had played three holes when he
overtook a man who said a word that arrested his attention, so both of
them stopped, and with notebooks and pencils, under the shade of a big
tree began discussing the question that meant more to Douglas than
anything save Leslie.


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