25/30 He wanted to be seen, and seen at his best; but as always, in command, showing his authority." "Don't mind," said John Jardine. "It's easy to understand the situation." "Thank you," said Kate. "I hope you'll tell your mother that. I can't bear her to think that the trouble is wholly my fault." "No danger of that," he said. "Mother thinks there's nobody in all the world like you, and so do I." Nancy Ellen kicked Robert's shin, to let him know that she heard. |