"
"What do you intend to meditate about, J. J.? That German philosopher
of yours, I suppose."
"I haven't settled that yet," said Meldon. "If there's any affair of
yours, either practical, or an intellectual difficulty, which you want
to have carefully thought out, now is your time. I'll devote myself to
it with pleasure."
"Thanks," said the Major, "but there isn't."
"Are you quite sure? A chance like this doesn't occur every day."
"Quite sure; thanks."
"In that case I shall first of all meditate on Simpkins, Miss King, and
the judge. Say an hour and a half for them. Then I shall consider the
subject of my little daughter's education. Now that the various
professions are opening their doors to women, it's most important to
have a reasoned out scheme of education for a girl, and you can't get
at it too soon. These two subjects, I think, will make a tolerably
complete programme for the morning. If you ring a bell outside the
door at one o'clock, I shall row in to luncheon. I shall be pretty
hungry by that time, I expect, in spite of the biscuits."
Meldon carried out his plan successfully for the first part of the
morning.
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