"I stood in loco parentis, Major, and the result has been that I shall feel in future more charitable towards mothers of marriageable daughters.

Still, I am bound to say that Miss Hannay has given me as little trouble as could be expected." "You frighten me, Doctor; if you found her so onerous only for a voyage, what have I to look forward to ?" "Well, you can't say that I didn't warn you, Major; when you wrote home and asked me to take charge of your niece on the way out, I told you frankly that my opinion of your good sense was shaken." "Yes, you did express yourself with some strength," the Major laughed; "but then one is so accustomed to that, that I did not take it to heart as I might otherwise have done." "That was before you knew me, Dr.Wade, otherwise I should feel very hurt," the girl put in.
"Yes, it was," the Doctor said dryly.
"Don't mind him, my dear," her uncle said; "we all know the Doctor of old.

This is my bungalow." "It is pretty, with all these flowers and shrubs round it," she said admiringly.
"Yes, we have been doing a good deal of watering the last few weeks, so as to get it to look its best.

This is your special attendant; she will take you up to your room.

By the time you have had a bath, your boxes will be here.