And when the day is gloomy and dark, I am just as sad as if a very good friend of mine had left me.

Would you believe it?
Just until within a few years, when I was a big girl, sixteen and over, mamma had to sit by my bed every night before I could go to sleep.

I was afraid in the dark.

Sometimes I am now.

Just imagine, and now I am nineteen--a young lady." "You were, hey ?" observed Annixter, for the sake of saying something.
"Afraid in the dark?
What of--ghosts ?" "N-no; I don't know what.