After some time Tom Morris stopped talking
and Mr White said to his wife and son，'Tom was a soldier in India for twenty-one years． India is a wonderful country．'
'Yes，'Herbert said．'I'd like to go there．'
'Oh， Herbert！' his mother cried． She was afraid because she did not
want to lose her son．
'I wanted to
go to India too，'her husband
said， 'but…'
'It's better
for you here！' the soldier
said quickly．
'But you saw
a lot of strange and wonderful things in India ．I want to see them too one day，' Mr White said．
The soldier
put down his whisky．'No！' he cried．'Stay here ！'
Old Mr White
did not stop．'But your
stories were interesting， 'he said to Tom Morris．'What did you begin to say about a monkey's paw？'