Does it appear an odd arrangement in your eyes ?" "Father," said Barbara, "here is your paper.

I have cut the leaves." "Thank you, my dear; put it down.

You should, consider, Emily, my great age and exaltation in the eyes of these youngsters.

Don't you perceive that I am a middle-aged man, madam ?" "Middle-aged, indeed! You are not thirty-six till the end of September, you know--the 28th of September.

And oh, John, you cannot think how young you look! just as if you had stolen all these children, and they were not really yours.