Now Mr. Kennedy is a man who may be very useful to
you."
"I do not want Mr. Kennedy to be of use to me."
"That is what I call being impetuous,--being young,--being a boy. Why
should not Mr. Kennedy be of use to you as well as any one else? You
do not mean to conquer the world all by yourself."
"No;--but there is something mean to me in the expressed idea that
I should make use of any man,--and more especially of a man whom I
don't like."
"And why do you not like him, Mr. Finn?"
"Because he is one of my Dr. Fells."
"You don't like him simply because he does not talk much. That
may be a good reason why you should not make of him an intimate
companion,--because you like talkative people; but it should be no
ground for dislike."
Phineas paused for a moment before he answered her, thinking whether
or not it would be well to ask her some question which might produce
from her a truth which he would not like to hear. Then he did ask it.
"And do you like him?" he said.
She too paused, but only for a second. "Yes,--I think I may say that
I do like him."
"No more than that?"
"Certainly no more than that;--but that I think is a great deal."
"I wonder what you would say if any one asked you whether you liked
me," said Phineas, looking away from her through the window.
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