And he kept me for six months from having them long, and up to this day he scolds me if there is half an inch on the ground for him to tread upon." "I shouldn't mind that if I were you." "I don't,--not now.

But it used to be serious when I was a young girl.

And we thought, Bell and I, that he was cross to mamma.

He and mamma didn't agree at first, you know, as they do now.

It is quite true that he did dislike mamma when we first came here." "I can't think how anybody could ever dislike Mrs.Dale." "But he did.