They are a good little pair, on the whole, and I feel quite satisfied about Tony at any rate.
"You must promise not to fret or worry about my health or my absence.
The doctor told me to keep as free from anxieties as possible, so, if you want to help me--and I know you will--you must be as happy and do as well at school as you possibly can--that will help me more than anything--and write to me letters full of smiles.

I know you know how to, and I shall count on hearing frequently.

In about three months' time I hope we may all be journeying home together to keep our summer holidays.

I shall be back in time, I promise you, and will arrange so that I can meet you and Dan.
"I shall be writing again in a day or two .-- "Your affectionate Father." When first she opened this letter and mastered its contents, Kitty turned cold and faint with the shock it brought her.

At once her imagination pictured her father ill, dying, or going away from them all and dying at sea.
"He's more ill than he will say, I know," she moaned.