Hoare

Mr. Hoare has been so charmed with this sweet boy's drawings that he intends sending him to Italy with his own son.

"Maritaa is beautiful, they say," said Hoare, who inadvertently let slip the name he had refused to divulge.

Hoare and Child both joined in the attack, and the latter pretended to refuse the bills of the Bank.

For two hours every morning the three boys worked at navigation, Mr. Hoare acting as instructor.