He was always nice an' polite, when he was in the house, an' I'm sure he meant to treat her all right.

He said yes, yes, to be sure, of course she was lonesome, an' he was sorry.

'T was too bad he was so busy.

An' he kissed her an' patted her.

But he always began right away to talk of the comet; an' ten to one he didn't disappear into the observatory within the next five minutes.