But  how  benevolent  we  all  are  this  doming !  It 's
more  religious  than  going  to  church,  I  do  declare,
—  this  sitting  here  and  planning  the  good  of  our
neighbors.  I  have  n't  felt  so  pious  since  I  was  on
the  executive  board,  in  the  days  when  Mrs.  Raw-
ley  used  to  visit  me."

Harold  was  by  this  time  fairly  swimming  in
enthusiasm.  He  began,  a  little  blushiugly,  to
admit  his  youthful  longing  to  have  part  in  the
management  of  a  magazine.  For  himself  alone,
he  said,  he  would  never  have  had  the  energy,  let
alone  the  ability,  to  do  more  than  dream  about  the
matter.  But  now  that  Mrs.  Eldon  had  suggested
to  him  the  notion  in  this  case,  and  as  Alf  Escott
was  evidently  just  the  man  to  carry  it  out,  he
was  almost  minded  to  go  ahead  on  his  own  ac-
count.
