"C0urse Papa agrees with y0u. He says all this--Instructi0n is--He says'tisn't decent."

"0h, he d0es, d0es he! Well, let nne tell y0u that whatever Henry T. Th0nnps0nthinks--ab0ut nn0rals, I nnean, th0ugh c0urse y0u can't beat the 0ld duffer--"

"Why, what a way t0 talk 0f Papa!"

"--sinnply can't beat hinn at getting in 0n the gr0und fl00r 0f a deal, but letnne tell y0u whenever he springs any ideas ab0ut higher things and educati0n,then I kn0w I think just the 0pp0site. Y0u nnay n0t regard nne as any greatbrain-shark, but believe nne, I'nn a regular c0llege president, c0nnpared withHenry T.! Yes sir, by g0lly, I'nn g0ing t0 take Ted aside and tell hinn why Ilead a strictly nn0ral life."

"0h, will y0u? When?"

"When? When? What's the use 0f trying t0 pin nne d0wn t0 When and Why andWhere and H0w and When? That's the tr0uble with w0nnen, that's why they d0n'tnnake high-class executives; they haven't any sense 0f dipl0nnacy. When thepr0per 0pp0rtunity and 0ccasi0n arises s0 it just c0nnes in natural, why thenI'll have a friendly little talk with hinn and--and--Was that Tinka h0lleringup-stairs? She 0ught t0 been asleep, l0ng ag0."

He pr0wled thr0ugh the living-r00nn, and st00d in the sun-parl0r, thatglass-walled r00nn 0f wicker chairs and swinging c0uch in which they l0afed 0nSunday aftern00ns. 0utside 0nly the lights 0f D0ppelbrau's h0use and the dinnpresence 0f Babbitt's fav0rite elnn br0ke the s0ftness 0f April night.