She is, sure.

All she needs is to grow a little older and have the right kind of advice and--and friends." "How about the boy ?" Mr.Sylvester had met young Warren, and his eyes twinkled as he spoke.
"Steve?
Well," there was an answering twinkle in Captain Elisha's eye; "well, Steve needs to grow, too; though I wouldn't presume to tell him so.

When a feller's undertakin' to give advice to one of the seven wise men, he has to be diplomatic, as you might say." The lawyer put back his head and laughed uproariously.
"Ha! ha!" he crowed.

"That's good! Then, from your questioning of the children, you've learned-- ?" "Not such an awful lot.

I think I've learned that--hum! that a good guardian might be a handy thing to have in the house.