"I'll see you at the office later," he said, and with a bow at the little figure on Josiah's arm he added with a touch of irony, "Perhaps I had better wait until you're alone!" He turned and made his way back to the office, his elbows grown restless again.
"A good thing it isn't a boy," he thought, "or he might not like me when he grows up, either.

But a girl...

Oh, well, as it happens, girls don't count....

And a good thing, too, they don't," he thoughtfully added.

"A good thing, too, they don't....".