She could hide her anxiety from her immediate companions, but the colonel was Harry's father.
The colonel turned quickly: "Resent it here! under his own roof, and the man his guest?
That is one thing, my dear, a Rutter never violates, no matter what the provocation.

I have made a special exception in Mr.Willits's favor to-night and Harry knows it.

It was at your dear father's request that I invited the young fellow.

And then again, I hear the most delightful things about his own father, who though a plain man is of great service to his county--one of Mr.Clay's warmest adherents.
All this, you see, makes it all the more incumbent that both my son and myself should treat him with the utmost consideration, and, as I have said, Harry understands this perfectly.

You don't know my boy; I would disown him, Kate, if he laid a hand on Mr.Willits--and so should you.".