"Oh, you are, are you? Then you may also be my messenger to him, and tell him that, for your sake, I will let him come back here. I know he'll insult me the first day; but I'll try and put up with it,--for your sake, my dear. Of course I must know what your father thinks about it."
It may be imagined that Kate's success was even less than that which Alice achieved. "I knew it would be so," said John Vavasor, when his niece first told him;--and as he spoke he struck his hand upon the table. "I knew all along how it would be."
"And why should it not be so, Uncle John?"
"He is your brother, and I will not tell you why."
"You think that he is a spendthrift?"

"Well, you can tell him that, for your sake, I'll let him come here. I know he'll insult me; but I'll try and put up with it - for your sake, my dear. But I must know what your father thinks about it."
Kate had even less success than Alice.
"I knew it would be so," said John Vavasor, when his niece told him; and he struck his hand upon the table.
"Why should it not be so, Uncle John?"
"He is your brother, and I will not tell you why."
"You think that he is a spendthrift?"
