Nothing of the sort.' "'Then let me do so ?' "'No, I forbid you.

I won't have a fuss made about such nonsense.' "It was in vain to argue with him, for he was a very obstinate man.

I went about, however, with a heart which was full of forebodings.
"On the third day after the coming of the letter my father went from home to visit an old friend of his, Major Freebody, who is in command of one of the forts upon Portsdown Hill.

I was glad that he should go, for it seemed to me that he was farther from danger when he was away from home.

In that, however, I was in error.