"I'll have them moved to the 'M's' right away." "Now that's what I call being decent," said Dad, as soon as the young man had left us.

"Did you notice, he didn't wear a uniform?
Probably an inspector, or something of the sort, eh, Elizabeth ?" "Well--er--not exactly," I managed to say.

"The fact is, Dad, he came over on the boat with me, and--" Dad looked thoughtful.
"He never spoke to me once the whole trip," I added hastily.
Dad looked less thoughtful.
"It was nice of him to wait till I had you with me, wasn't it ?" Dad smiled.

"If you think it was, it probably was, my dear," he said..