`` Not if you are the gentleman I think you . I 'm disappointed , but the girl ca n't help it , and the only thing left for you to do is to go away for a time . Where will you go ? '' `` Anywhere . I do n't care what becomes of me , '' and Laurie got up with a reckless laugh that grated on his grandfather 's ear . `` Take it like a man , and do n't do anything rash , for God 's sake . Why not go abroad , as you planned , and forget it ? '' `` I ca n't . '' `` But you 've been wild to go , and I promised you should when you got through college . '' `` Ah , but I did n't mean to go alone ! '' and Laurie walked fast through the room with an expression which it was well his grandfather did not see . `` I do n't ask you to go alone . There 's someone ready and glad to go with you , anywhere in the world . '' `` Who , Sir ? '' stopping to listen . `` Myself . '' Laurie came back as quickly as he went , and put out his hand , saying huskily , `` I 'm a selfish brute , but -- you know -- Grandfather -- '' `` Lord help me , yes , I do know , for I 've been through it all before , once in my own young days , and then with your father . Now , my dear boy , just sit quietly down and hear my plan . It 's all settled , and can be carried out at once , '' said Mr. Laurence , keeping hold of the young man , as if fearful that he would break away as his father had done before him . `` Well , sir , what is it ? ''
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