But I couldn't imagine Father teaching _me_ all alone.

And how was I ever going to ask him questions, if there were things I didn't understand?
Besides, I couldn't imagine myself reciting lessons to Father--_Father_! But I needn't have worried.

If I could only have known.

Little did I think--But, there, this is no way to tell a story.

I read in a book, "How to Write a Novel," that you mustn't "anticipate." (_I_ thought folks always anticipated novels.