I want to talk to you about the Governor, and I was afraid he would catch on to something if we stayed indoors." "About Father ?" She looked at him in alarm.

"Is there anything the matter with Father ?" Without turning his head, he glanced at her keenly out of the corner of his eye.

It was a trick of his which always irritated her because it reminded her of the sly and furtive side of his character.
"You've a pretty good opinion of the old man, haven't you, Patty ?" "I think he is the greatest man in the world." "And you wouldn't like him to run against a snag, would you ?" "What do you mean?
Has anything happened to worry him ?" He had stopped just beyond the nearest side entrance to the Square, and he stood now, with his eyes on the automobiles before the City Hall, while he fingered thoughtfully the ornamental scarf-pin in his green and purple tie.

"There's always more or less to worry him, ain't there ?" She frowned impatiently.

"Not Father.