 Now, supposing you was to take the baby along with you. He's old enough to take a trip, ain't he? Well, yes. All right, then. You could take him, and Della, she'd be along to help look after him, wouldn't she? Oh, yes, she'd go, of course. Well, then I guess Jim and me could manage all right for the length of time you'd be gone. No reason in the world why we couldn't. But my job, Dad. Allie couldn't spare me from the office that long. After all, I only just started to work for him recently. I know all that.