It wasn't so hard after all, was it?
Probably your mother was quite as anxious as you." "No, she refused to let me show it you.

I took it.

To-night was the only chance, for she is going away to-morrow and will take it with her." "And how about your Presbyterian conscience ?" Still with a twinkle.
"Silenced, for the present.

But look at it quickly for the silence may not last.

It seemed that I simply had to help mother, in spite of herself.