"I have never known a more generous or unselfish person than my husband and your father." "And what shall I say ?" queried the captain.

"That when I am the person under discussion no greater flatterers can be found than my wife and older daughters ?" "Oh! we will excuse you from saying anything on the subject, sir," laughed Violet.
"Now, what kind of a time did you all have staying at home without me ?" asked Lucilla.

"I hope you have missed me a little." "Of course we did," replied Grace.
"Your father missed both his daughter and his amanuensis," said the captain.
"Oh! there were letters to be answered ?" she exclaimed.

"Please let me do it now, papa ?" "No, dear child, I answered them myself; and if I had not I should not let you work to-night, after all the fatigue of the day." "You are so kindly careful of me and all of us, papa," she said with a grateful, loving look into his eyes.

"I am somewhat tired, but not too much so to use the typewriter, if you wanted any work done on it.