"Anyhow, it's right for you to stand up for your father; and if you think he had a right to it----" "But he did!" she cried.
"I expect so," the old man returned, pacifically.

"I expect so, probably.

Anyhow, it's a question that's neither here nor there, right now.

What I was thinking of saying--well, did your father happen to let out that he and I had words this morning ?" "No." "Well, we did." He sighed and shook his head.

"Your father--well, he used some pretty hard expressions toward me, young lady.