“I wonder, Mama, why it is that people who are concerned with business always look so serious and most of them seem very old.”
Her mother had laughed.
“To them,” she replied, “money is a very compelling subject and not to be taken lightly.”
“But Uncle Clint is not always serious,” Mimosa persisted.
“That is because he does not have to worry about money,” her mother answered. “It is worry that makes people old and gives them lines on their faces and white hair on their heads.”
She kissed Mimosa and added,
“It will be a long time, my dearest, before you have to worry about money, so just enjoy yourself and forget all about it.”
Monsieur Charlot was still talking,
“I had the privilege,” he said, “of dining one night with your father and mother at the house which Mr. Tison had taken in
