"Just listen to this account of an interview he
had with a distinguished Member of Parliament, the one who has just made
that daring speech in the House that set everybody on fire." And she
read aloud from several closely written pages, holding the sheets toward
the still bright embers, and giving the words the benefit of her own
clear and understanding interpretation. Her mother listened with
interest.
"That is, indeed, a fine description," she agreed. "There is no question
that Forbes has a brilliant mind. The position he already occupies
testifies to that, and the older men all acknowledge that he is rising
more rapidly than could be expected of any ordinary man. He will be one
of the great men of the legal profession, your father and uncle think, I
know."
"One of the great men," repeated Roberta, her face still bent over her
letter. "I suppose there's no doubt at all of that. And, mother--you may
imagine that when he sets himself to persuade--any one--to--any course,
he knows how to put it as irresistibly as words can."
"Yes, I should imagine that, dear," said her mother, her eyes on the
down-bent profile, whose outlines, against the background of the
firelight, would have held a gaze less loving than her own.
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