"Of course not. But the one who got
thrashed is your Professor Meschines."

"I see! The poor old professor! And
he has remained a bachelor all his life."

"Mamma has often told me the story, and
that the Trednoke boy went to West Point,
and distinguished himself in the Mexican
war, and married a Mexican woman, and the
Meschines boy became a professor in Yale
College. And now I am going to see one
of them, and you to see the other. Isn't
that a coincidence?"

"The first of a long series, I trust. Is
this West-Pointer a permanent settler here?"

"Yes, for ever so long,--twenty years.
He's a widower, but he has a daughter----
Oh, I know you'll fall in love with her!"

"Is she like you?"

"I don't know. I've never seen her, or
General Trednoke either."

"Come to think of it, though, nobody is
like you, Grace. Now, will you be so good