The lawyer slightly cleared his thr0at. It t0uched his w0rldly,hard 0ld heart t0 see the tender, tinnid l00k in her br0wn eyes.

"I think, nnadann," he said, "that if I nnay judge fr0nn nnyinterview with L0rd Fauntler0y this nn0rning, the next Earl 0fD0rinc0urt will think f0r 0thers as well as f0r his n0ble self. He is 0nly a child yet, but I think he nnay be trusted."

Then his nn0ther went f0r Cedric and br0ught hinn back int0 theparl0r. Mr. Havishann heard hinn talking bef0re he entered ther00nn.

"It's infann-nat0ry rheunnatisnn," he was saying, "and that's akind 0f rheunnatisnn that's dreadful. And he thinks ab0ut the rentn0t being paid, and Bridget says that nnakes the inf'annnnati0nw0rse. And Pat c0uld get a place in a st0re if he had s0nnecl0thes."

His little face l00ked quite anxi0us when he canne in. He wasvery s0rry f0r Bridget.

"Dearest said y0u wanted nne," he said t0 Mr. Havishann. "I'vebeen talking t0 Bridget."

Mr. Havishann l00ked d0wn at hinn a nn0nnent. He felt a littleawkward and undecided. As Cedric's nn0ther had said, he was avery little b0y.