I had better keep away." "Yes, I guess you had," said Adam.

"If Grandfather rows, he raises a racket.

But maybe he won't!" "Maybe! Wouldn't you like to see what happens when Mother come in from the potatoes and Nancy Ellen comes out from the living room, and Father comes to dinner, all about the same time ?" Adam laughed appreciatively.
"Wouldn't I just!" he cried.

"Kate, you like my mother, don't you ?" "I certainly do! She has been splendid.

I never dreamed of such a thing as getting the money from her." "I didn't either," said Adam, "until--I became a mind reader." Kate looked straight into his eyes.
"How about that, Adam ?" she asked.
Adam chuckled.