"'Yes, dear aunt, travel undertaken in the right spirit,' agreed
Christine; 'but travel pursued merely as a means towards gambling
and extravagant living is more likely to contract the purse than
to enlarge the mind. However, as long as Roger enjoys himself, I
suppose he doesn't care how fast or unprofitably the money goes,
or where he is to find more. It seems a pity, that's all.'
"The aunt by that time had begun to talk of something else, and it
was doubtful if Christine's moralizing had been even accorded a
hearing. It was her remark, however--the aunt's remark, I mean--
about travel enlarging the mind, that gave the youngest Brimley
Bomefield her great idea for the showing-up of Roger.
"'If aunt could only be taken somewhere to see him gambling and
throwing away money,' she said, 'it would open her eyes to his
character more effectually than anything we can say.'
"'My dear Veronique,' said her sisters, 'we, can't go following
him to race-meetings.'
"'Certainly not to race-meetings,' said Veronique, 'but we might
go to some place where one can look on at gambling without taking
part in it.'
"'Do you mean Monte Carlo?' they asked her, beginning to jump
rather at the idea.
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