And you will remember always, I
hope, a motto I am going to give you."
He paused and looked searchingly into each face before him: Hugh
Benson's, serious and sincere; Alfred Carson's, energy and purpose
showing in every line; his own boy's, Richard's, keen interest and a
certain proud wonder looking out of his fine eyes as he watched the old
man who seemed to him to-day, somehow, almost a stranger in his
unwontedly aroused speech.
"The most important thing a business can do," said Matthew Kendrick
slowly, "is to make men of those who make the business."
He let the words sink in. He saw, after an instant, the response in each
face, and he nodded, satisfied. He held out his hand to each in turn,
including his grandson, and received three hearty grips of gratitude and
understanding.
As he drove away with Richard his eyes were bright under their heavy
brows. It had done him good, this visit to the place where his thoughts
had often been of late, and he was pleased with the way Richard had
borne himself throughout the interview. He could not have asked better
of the heir to the Kendrick millions than the unassuming and yet quietly
assured manner Richard had shown.
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