I am sure, at my age to be so diffident. I am glad when anybody speaks to me.\"
\"I can understand that,\" murmured Mme. Storey.
He glanced at her gratefully. \"I lead too solitary a life, having no family,\" he went on. \"I get up in the morning and go to work. Most days I work until it is time to go home and go to bed again. I have myself pretty well disciplined—but not completely disciplined. There is something in me that sometimes rebels against this dryness,
I am sure, at my age to be so diffident. I am glad when anybody speaks to me.\"
\"I can understand that,\" murmured Mme. Storey.
He glanced at her gratefully. \"I lead too solitary a life, having no family,\" he went on. \"I get up in the morning and go to work. Most days I work until it is time to go home and go to bed again. I have myself pretty well disciplined—but not completely disciplined. There is something in me that sometimes rebels against this dryness,
