[The Measure of a Man by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr]@TWC D-Link bookThe Measure of a Man CHAPTER IV 26/42
Oh, Harry! Harry! It is too much to ask of any mother." "I never thought of it in this way.
Forgive me, mother." "And who is to take care of John if I go with you? Who is to care for the old home and all the treasures gathered in it? Who will look after the farm and the horses and cattle and poultry, the fruit-trees and lawns and flowers as I do? Do you think that all these cares are pleasures to me? No, my dear lad, but they are my duty.
I wouldn't have thy father find out that I neglected even a brooding hen.
No, I wouldn't.
And the yacht was thy father's great pleasuring.
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