"Of course we
weren't up to such elaborate arrangements, and it made us feel sort of
rustic. But I can tell you they didn't spare any pains to make us
comfortable and at home--if, as Ruth says, you can make anybody feel at
home in a great place like that. I feel, as she does, sorry for 'em
both. They're pretty fine gentlemen, if I'm any judge, and I don't know
which I like better, the older or the younger."
"There can be no question about the older," said his brother, Robert
Gray, joining in the talk with evident interest. "Mr. Matthew Kendrick
made his place long ago in the business world as one of the great and
just. He has taught that world many fine lessons of truth and honour, as
well as of success."
Judge Gray nodded. "I'm glad to hear that you appreciate him, Robert,"
said he. "Few know better than I how deserved that is. And still fewer
recognize the fine and sensitive nature behind the impression of power
he has always given. He is the type of man, as sister Ruth here is quick
to discern, who must be lonely in the midst of his great wealth, for the
lack of just such a privilege as this we have here to-night, the close
association with people whom we love, and with whom we sympathize in all
that matters most.
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