Emmanuel Burden by Hilaire Belloc — Read

Cosmo was too well acquainted with his father's temper, and, withal, too devoted a son to shock Mr Burden by any sudden introduction of matters upon which the merchant must be presumed to judge far better than he.

It was a beautiful thing-and a striking thing in these days of irreverence and haste-to watch the delicate and modulated steps whereby my old friend was brought, almost without his knowing it, to the brink of the M'Korio. It was a process of that mingled affection and reserve by which we daily see the young leading the aged towards larger things, but one which no mere written description can fully convey.