And I told him my plan.
And after a time and quite a lot of talk, he said he would agree to it.
And this morning we did it.
At exactly ten o'clock he came up the steps of the house here, but he didn't ring the bell.

I had told him not to do that, and I was on the watch for him.

I knew that at ten o'clock Grandfather would be gone, Aunt Hattie probably downtown shopping, and Lester out with his governess.

I wasn't so sure of Mother, but I knew it was Saturday, and I believed I could manage somehow to keep her here with me, so that everything would be all right there.
And I did.

I had a hard time, though.