However, that is all gone by, and, father, you need not be in the least afraid; there is not the slightest fear that I shall attempt to do anything of which you would disapprove." "I was sure you wouldn't, old fellow," answered the Colonel in a friendly tone, "not when you came to think.

Matters seem to have got into a bit of a tangle, don't they?
Most unfortunate that charming young lady being brought to this house in such a fashion.

Really, it looks like a spite of what she called Fate.

However, I have no doubt that it will all straighten itself somehow.

By the way, she told me that she should wish to see you once to say good-bye before she went.