"It is a very perplexing question, all that, my young friend!"
"But you don't think it's right so," the mason persisted belligerently,
thinking to challenge a supporter of things as they are.
"There's very little that is quite right in this world, my boy," the
judge replied simply.
"Well, we'd better set out now to make it nearer right," the young man
grumbled.
"Oh, yes, that is perfectly sound doctrine.... And shall we begin with
Clark's Field?" he asked, turning to Adelle with one of his playful,
kindly smiles.
"It needs it," she said simply.
"Yes, I think it needs it!"
"Sure!" the mason asserted resoundingly.