How old are you?
Nearly sixteen! In another year or so you should be able to live with him altogether and be the companion to him that he needs.

You say you envy girls with many brothers and sisters, but there's another side to that--if you're the only child you get the whole of the love.
Remember you're all your father has, and let him see that you care.

It's a greater thing to be a good daughter than to be the favorite of the school.

If you keep that object in view you ought to have many years of happiness before you." "I know.

I was forgetting that side of it," said Lorna slowly.
"Think it over then, for its worth considering.