I deserve your scorn for not acting faster, but what I had to do
couldn't be done in a day, and for the boys' sake it had to be done as
privately as possible. There's no longer any reason why you should regard
me as a monster----"
"I'm awful glad you told me," Mickey said. "I surely did have you sized up
something scandalous. And yet I couldn't quite make out how, if my view
was right, Mr. Bruce and Miss Leslie would think so much of you."
"They are friends I'm proud to have," said Mr. Minturn. "And I hope you'll
consider being a friend to me, and to my boys also. If ever a times comes
when I can do anything for you, let me know."
"Now right on that point, pause a moment," said Mickey. "You _are_ a
friend to my boss?"
"I certainly am, and I'm under deep obligations to Miss Winton. If ever my
home becomes once more what it was to start with, it will be her work.
Could a man bear heavier obligation than that?"
"Well hardly," said Mickey. "Course there wouldn't likely ever be anything
you could do for Miss Leslie that would square _that_ deal; but I'm
worried about my boss something awful.
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