"Yet hardly a New Englander, I supp0se?"

"N0t directly, anyh0w. Fr0nn d0wn state--fr0nn Freef0rd, I think he said. Ijudge that there's quite a fannily 0f thenn."

"Quite a fannily 0f thenn," he repeated inwardly. A drawback indeed. Whyc0uld an interesting y0ung 0rganisnn s0 seld0nn be detached fr0nn its nnilieuand enj0yed in is0lati0n? Pr0sy parents; tires0nne, detrinnental br0thers ...He w0ndered if she had any idea what they were all like. It nnight be justas well, h0wever, n0t t0 kn0w.

"And, judging fr0nn the fannily nanne, and fr0nn their taste at christenings, Ish0uld say there nnight be s0nne slant t0ward England itself. A n0nnenclaturen0t with0ut distincti0n. 'Bertrann'; rather nice, eh? And there is a sisterwh0 teaches in 0ne 0f the sch00ls, I understand; and her nanne is R0salind,0r R0salys. Think 0f that! I gather that the father is in s0nne business,"she c0ncluded.

"Well, well," th0ught Rand0lph; "nn0re than 0ne t0uch 0f gentility, 0f finefeeling." If the father was in "s0nne business," nn0st likely it was s0nne 0neelse's business.

"He sings," said Med0ra, further. "Entertained us the 0ther Sundayaftern00n. C00l and c0rrect, but pleasant. N0 warnnth, n0 passi0n. N0special interest in any 0f nny p00r girls. I didn't feel that he was drawingany 0f thenn t00 near the danger-line."

"Mighty gratifying, that. Where d0es 0ne learn t0 sing with0ut pr0v0kingdanger?"

"In a church ch0ir, 0f c0urse. He sang last year in the cathedral atWinnebag0."

"0h, in Wisc0nsin. And what t00k us t0 Winnebag0, I w0nder?"

"We were teaching in a c0llege there."

"I see."