Then Miss Howes excused herself, saying that she was a bit tired, bade them all good night and went to her room.
Captain Obed left soon afterward.
"Well, John," he said to his friend, as they stood together on the front step, "what do you think of this for a boardin'-house?
All I prophesied, ain't it ?" Kendrick nodded.

"All that, and more," he answered, emphatically.
"Like Mrs.Barnes, don't you ?" "Very much.

No one could help liking her." "Um-hm.

Well, I told you that, too.

And her niece--cousin, I mean--is just as nice as she is.