"
"Better not let him know it under any circumstances," replied
Humphrey; "he may continue honest, if not tempted by the knowledge
that there is any thing worth stealing."
"You are right, Humphrey. Well, I will be off to-morrow morning and
get this visit over. I hope to be able to get all the news from her,
now that her father is away.
"I hope to get some work out of this Pablo," replied Humphrey; "how
many things I could do, if he would only work! Now, I'll tell you one
thing--I will dig a sawpit and get a saw, and then I can cut out
boards and build any thing we want. The first time I go to Lymington I
will buy a saw--I can afford it now; and I'll make a carpenter's bench
for the first thing, and then, with some more tools, I shall get on;
and then, Edward, I'll tell you what else I will do."
"Then, Humphrey," replied Edward, laughing, "you must tell me some
other time, for it is now very late, and I must go to bed, as I have
to rise early. I know you have so many projects in your mind that it
would take half the night to listen to them."
"Well, I believe what you say is true," replied Humphrey, "and it will
be better to do one thing at a time than to talk about doing a
hundred; so we will, as you say, to bed.
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