4/23 My father doesn't choose to talk freely before Miss Bilson, because she gets into a foolish excited state and interrupts and asks questions. She overflows with admiration and that annoys and bores him." "'She brought him butter in a lordly dish,'" Tom quoted. Can't one just see her!" "And it is not her place to admire out loud," Damaris continued. "Over and over again I have tried to explain that to her. |