Won't it seem a trifle hard to her to have to stay at home while her sister and the rest of us are having such a good time ?" "I think not," the captain answered.

"Grace is the best and most dutiful of daughters, always satisfied with her father's decisions; thinking he knows what is best for her.

Also she loves her home and home pleasures; indeed thinks there is no other place quite equal to home." "It is a lovely place, that's a fact," Frank returned with a slight laugh, "but variety is the spice of life, and possibly Miss Grace's health might be better if she tried more of that spice." "I think that if you ask her you will learn that a pleasant variety is not, and has not been, lacking in her experience of life," was the captain's pleasant-toned rejoinder.
"I am sure of it," remarked Maud.

"I never knew anybody who seemed to me happier or more light-hearted than Gracie.

And, oh, but she dotes upon her father!" "As all his children do," said Lucilla, giving him a look of ardent affection.
"You will not keep my daughter out very late ?" the captain said, addressing Frank in a tone of inquiry.
"No, sir; we expect to get home before dark.