"I suppose you don't know why father doesn't want to go tonight," he said solemnly.

"You're his only sister, and yet you don't know!" "He never wants to go anywhere that I ever heard of," said Fanny.

"What is the matter with you ?" "He doesn't want to go because he doesn't like this man Morgan." "Good gracious!" Fanny cried impatiently.

"Eugene Morgan isn't in your father's thoughts at all, one way or the other.

Why should he be ?" George hesitated.