Father said I was.

He said I was born in this country." "But how comes it you can speak French like that ?" "Why, I learned it." Then, divining that his words were still unconvincing, he added: "Same as I learned German and other things with father, out of books, you know.

Didn't you learn French when you were a little boy ?" "Humph!" vouchsafed Simeon Holly, stalking away without answering the question.
Immediately after dinner Perry Larson drove away with the woman and the little boy.

The woman's face was wreathed with smiles, and her last adoring glance was for David, waving his hand to her from the porch steps.
In the afternoon David took his violin and went off toward the hill behind the house for a walk.

He had asked Mrs.Holly to accompany him, but she had refused, though she was not sweeping or dusting at the time.