"When am I to be allowed to see the proofs ?" "I finished the nineteenth chapter yesterday," Janet answered, flushing.

"It will only run to about twenty-three.
It's a very little one, daddy." "Still nobody in the secret but Lash and Black ?" "Not a soul I hope they're the right people," Janet said anxiously.

"I haven't even told Elfrida," she added.

"I want to surprise her with an early copy.

She'll like it, I think.