She looked about as intelligent as Mehitabel Heasty, and it wouldn't have surprised me if she had begun to jump up and down and say there were snakes in HER shoes.

No doubt you have heard of people having been knocked silly; I knew she was, and so she had a perfect right to look that way, until she could remember what she was doing, and come back to herself.

Maybe it took her longer, because mother wasn't there, to remind her about her mouth, and I didn't propose to mention it.
At breakfast, mother said father was going to drive Frank home in the carriage, and if I would like, I might go along.

I would have to sit on the back seat alone, going; but coming home I could ride beside and visit with father.

I loved that, for you could see more from the front seat, and father would stop to explain every single thing.