He was too full of thought, and too fearful of the child waking in the night and wanting something.

The air was close and hot, and now and then a peal of thunder broke overhead; but a profound peace and tranquillity, slightly troubled by his new joy, held possession of him.

His grandchild was there, and his daughter was coming back to him in three days.
Oh, how he would welcome her! He would not let her speak one word of her wilfulness and disobedience, and the long, cruel neglect which had left him in ignorance of where she lived, and what had become of her.

It was partly his fault, for having been too hard upon her, and too hasty and hot-tempered.

He had learnt better since then..