There is a nice piece of cold meat in the house, and I will have that and a loaf of bread and some cheese put up for you.

I know what these fishing excursions are; you intend to be back at a certain time, and then the wind falls, or the tide turns, or something of that sort, and you can't make the harbor.

You know what a fright you gave me the very first time you went out fishing with Joe Knight.

You were to have been back at five o'clock in the afternoon, and you did not get in until three o'clock the next morning." "I remember, mother; and there you were on the quay when we came in.

I was awfully sorry about it." "Well, I have learned better since, Ralph; and I know now that there is not necessarily any danger, even if you don't come back by the time I expect you.