What'd I say ?" "You said, 'where restitution's made by the family.' That's what seemed to trouble papa so terribly, because--because restitution couldn't----" "Why, yes, it could.

That's what I'm here to talk to you about." "I don't see----" "I'm going to TELL you, ain't I ?" he said, gruffly.

"Just hold your horses a minute, please." He coughed, rose from his chair, walked up and down the room, then halted before her.

"It's like this," he said.

"After I brought your father home, this morning, there was one of the things he told me, when he was going for me, over yonder--it kind of stuck in my craw.