"Reasons! reasons!" cried Judy and one or two more; for it was usual
for the Judge to fortify himself thus in the opinions of his little
assembly.

"Well," said Norton, without his usual readiness, "the reasons are
plain enough. The best business is what yields the best interest; and
you may judge yourselves, if working for other people isn't nobler than
working for oneself. And as to the interest,--well, you know,--if you
come to look at it," Norton went on not very lucidly--"_that's_ better
than _this_."

"What's better than which?" said Judy.

"Come, Judy," said her brother; "what will last, is better than what
won't last; and all your diamonds cannot compare with 'shining as the
stars for ever and ever;' and the King's court will be better than any
little king's or queen's rule in this world."

There was a general cry now for the forfeits. It fell to David by right
to dispense them. I have not time to tell how witty and how pleasant
they were; but only that they brought every one into good humour long
before the game was out.

The little party slept at the house, and returned to town by an early
train next morning.

"David," said Matilda, catching him a moment by himself after they got
home,--"don't you think Norton is coming round?" She spoke eagerly,
anxiously, almost exultingly.

"Give him time, Tilly," said David smiling. "He rather committed
himself last night, I think he will."

Cambridge: Press of John Wilson & Son.

Typographical errors silently corrected:

Chapter 1: =take dancing lessons?"= replaced by =take dancing lessons?=

Chapter 2: =to feel."= replaced by =to feel.=

Chapter 4: =bloom all round.= replaced by =bloom all round."=

Chapter 4: =coffee; they are= replaced by =coffee; "they are=

Chapter 8: ='The Lord said unto= replaced by ="'he lord said unto=

Chapter 11: =a Jew as ever I was--= replaced by =a Jew as ever I was"--

Chapter 12: =nothin' agin the neighbourhood= replaced by =nothin'
agin' the neighbourhood=

Chapter 15: =nearer the p'int= replaced by =nearer the point=

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