The pair were upstairs in the Baxter house, dressing for the funeral.
"Daniel," declared Mrs.Baxter, "it's the queerest thing I ever heard of.

You say they don't know--either of them--and the child herself doesn't know, either." "That's it, Ophelia.

No one knows except myself.

Captain Hall read the letter to me and put it in my charge a year ago." "Well, I must say!" "Yes, I know, I said it at the time, and I've been saying it to myself ever since.

It doesn't mean anything; that is, it is not binding legally, of course.