I went out to the observatory where he was, and asked him questions about the stars.
I tried to seem interested, and was going to tell him how I'd been studying about them, but he just laughed kind of funny, and said not to bother my pretty head about such things, but to come in and play to him on the piano.
So, of course, I did.

And he sat and listened to three whole pieces.
Now, wasn't that funny?
* * * * * _Two weeks later_.
I understand it all now--everything: why the house is different, and Father, and everything.

And it _is_ Cousin Grace, and it _is_ a love story.
_Father is in love with her_.
_Now_ I guess I shall have something for this book! It seems funny now that I didn't think of it at first.

But I didn't--not until I heard Nellie and her beau talking about it.

Nellie said she wasn't the only one in the house that was going to get married.