But soon he found that that would not answer forever.

She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball.

What does her clever stepfather do then?
He conceives an idea more creditable to his head than to his heart.

With the connivance and assistance of his wife he disguised himself, covered those keen eyes with tinted glasses, masked the face with a moustache and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper, and doubly secure on account of the girl's short sight, he appears as Mr.Hosmer Angel, and keeps off other lovers by making love himself." "It was only a joke at first," groaned our visitor.

"We never thought that she would have been so carried away." "Very likely not.