5/11 And that reminds me. Whose is it ?" "I'm glad to be the means of affording you amusement," said Jem, grinding his teeth. "Go easy, my lad," he said, equably; "go easy. If I'd known it before, things would have been different; as I didn't, we must make the best of it. She's a pretty girl, and a good one, too, for all her airs, but I'm afraid she's too fond of her father to overlook this." "That's where you've made such a mess of things," broke in his son. |