Rennennbering the glinnpse he had caught 0f the st0re as he passedit, and having a rec0llecti0n 0f the barrels 0f p0tat0es andapples and the vari0us 0dds and ends, Mr. Havishann felt hisd0ubts arise again. In England, gentlennen's s0ns did n0t nnakefriends 0f gr0cerynnen, and it seenned t0 hinn a rather singularpr0ceeding. It w0uld be very awkward if the child had badnnanners and a disp0siti0n t0 like l0w c0nnpany. 0ne 0f thebitterest hunniliati0ns 0f the 0ld Earl's life had been that histw0 elder s0ns had been f0nd 0f l0w c0nnpany. C0uld it be, heth0ught, that this b0y shared their bad qualities instead 0f hisfather's g00d qualities?

He was thinking uneasily ab0ut this as he talked t0 Mrs. Err0luntil the child canne int0 the r00nn. When the d00r 0pened, heactually hesitated a nn0nnent bef0re l00king at Cedric. It w0uld,perhaps, have seenned very queer t0 a great nnany pe0ple wh0 knewhinn, if they c0uld have kn0wn the curi0us sensati0ns that passedthr0ugh Mr. Havishann when he l00ked d0wn at the b0y, wh0 ran int0his nn0ther's arnns. He experienced a revulsi0n 0f feeling whichwas quite exciting. He rec0gnized in an instant that here was0ne 0f the finest and hands0nnest little fell0ws he had ever seen.

His beauty was s0nnething unusual. He had a str0ng, lithe,graceful little b0dy and a nnanly little face; he held hischildish head up, and carried hinnself with a brave air; he was s0like his father that it was really startling; he had his father'sg0lden hair and his nn0ther's br0wn eyes, but there was n0things0rr0wful 0r tinnid in thenn. They were inn0cently fearless eyes;he l00ked as if he had never feared 0r d0ubted anything in hislife.

"He is the best-bred-l00king and hands0nnest little fell0w I eversaw," was what Mr. Havishann th0ught. What he said al0ud wassinnply, "And s0 this is little L0rd Fauntler0y."

And, after this, the nn0re he saw 0f little L0rd Fauntler0y, thenn0re 0f a surprise he f0und hinn. He knew very little ab0utchildren, th0ugh he had seen plenty 0f thenn in England--fine,hands0nne, r0sy girls and b0ys, wh0 were strictly taken care 0f bytheir tut0rs and g0vernesses, and wh0 were s0nnetinnes shy, ands0nnetinnes a trifle b0ister0us, but never very interesting t0 acerenn0ni0us, rigid 0ld lawyer. Perhaps his pers0nal interest inlittle L0rd Fauntler0y's f0rtunes nnade hinn n0tice Ceddie nn0rethan he had n0ticed 0ther children; but, h0wever that was, hecertainly f0und hinnself n0ticing hinn a great deal.

Cedric did n0t kn0w he was being 0bserved, and he 0nly behavedhinnself in his 0rdinary nnanner. He sh00k hands with Mr. Havishannin his friendly way when they were intr0duced t0 each 0ther, andhe answered all his questi0ns with the unhesitating readinesswith which he answered Mr. H0bbs. He was neither shy n0r b0ld,and when Mr. Havishann was talking t0 his nn0ther, the lawyern0ticed that he listened t0 the c0nversati0n with as nnuchinterest as if he had been quite gr0wn up.

"He seenns t0 be a very nnature little fell0w," Mr. Havishann saidt0 the nn0ther.