And he was late to that, for he stopped to write down something he had found out about one of the consternations in the night.
He's always finding out _something_ about those old stars just when we want him to pay attention to something else.

And, oh, I forgot to say that I know it is "constellation," and not "consternation." But I used to call them that when I was a little girl, and Mother said it was a good name for them, anyway, for they were a consternation to _her_ all right.

Oh, she said right off afterward that she didn't mean that, and that I must forget she said it.

Mother's always saying that about things she says.
Well, as I was saying, Father didn't know until after breakfast that he had a little daughter.

(We never tell him disturbing, exciting things just _before_ meals.) And then Nurse told him.
I asked what he said, and Nurse laughed and gave her funny little shrug to her shoulders.
"Yes, what did he say, indeed ?" she retorted.