Right in the middle of talking about one thing he'll
wander off to something else; and I shouldn't be surprised if he
turned out to be a lot better off than any of us guess. It's entirely
possible that whatever he's sold just went into government bonds, or
even his safety deposit box. There was a friend of mine in college
had an old uncle like that: made the whole family think he was poor as
dirt--and then left seven millions. People get terribly queer as they
get old, sometimes, and grandfather certainly doesn't act the way he
used to. He seems to be a totally different man. For instance, he
said he thought tandem driving might be dangerous--"
"Did he?" Isabel asked quickly. "Then I'm glad he doesn't want you to
have one. I didn't dream--"
"But it's not. There isn't the slightest--"
Isabel had a bright idea. "Georgie! Instead of a tandem wouldn't it
interest you to get one of Eugene's automobiles?"
"I don't think so. They're fast enough, of course. In fact, running
one of those things is getting to be quite on the cards for sport, and
people go all over the country in 'em.
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