I wish he was a dozen instead of me.

The little rascal! I wonder if he is awake ?" He half rose, as if about to investigate, then reseated himself.
"Guess I'd better not take a chance of waking him," he reflected.

"If Jean should catch me rousing Josephine or the baby he'd throttle me." "Jean is--a sort of guardian," ventured Philip.
"More than that.

Sometimes I think he is a spirit," said Adare impressively.

"I have known him for twenty years.