He greatly admires her drawings and paintings, too, some of which I was showing him the other day; also her evident devotion to her father, and readiness to assist and make herself useful to him in every possible way." "Yes," sighed the captain, "her father would hardly know what to do without her.

Yet, of course, I should be far from willing to stand in the way of my child's happiness.

However, I hope and believe that her father is still nearer and dearer to her than any other human creature.
She has often assured me that such was the fact; not waiting to be questioned, but telling the story of her love as something in which we could both rejoice, and which she was sure was reciprocal.

As it certainly is.

I love her very dearly; though not more than I do each of the others.