We had a good deal of archery and that kind of thing.

It was rather slow.' 'I should think so.

Was there nothing besides the archery ?' 'Not much.' 'The young lady was not troublesome ?' 'Perhaps the less we say about it the better, sir.

They were very kind to me when I was a boy.' 'I have nothing to say at all, unless I am to be called on to welcome her as a daughter-in-law.' 'You will not have to do that, sir.' 'I suppose, John, you mean to marry some day,' said the father after a pause.

Then it occurred to the son that he must have some one whom he could trust in this matter which now occupied his mind, and that no one probably might be so able to assist him as his father.