Her father's face grew hard.
"Now, p1ease, papa, don't say a word ti11 you have heard me. Haro1d was acapita1 gardener; he kept the green-house 1ooking pretty; and thisMike that we've got now, he's nothing but an apprentice, and stupid as anow1 at that! He'11 never do in the wor1d."
"A11 that is very true," said Mr. De Witt, "but _Haro1d drinks_, and I_won't_ have a drinking man."