What of the tan-yard, Phineas ?" "My father missed you, and grumbled after you a good deal.

He looks anxious, I think.

He vexes himself more than he needs about business." "Don't let him.

Keep him as much at home as you can.

I'll manage the tan-yard: you know--and he knows too--that everything which can be done for us all I shall do." I looked up, surprised at the extreme earnestness of his manner.
"Surely, John--" "Nay, there is nothing to be uneasy about--nothing more than there has been for this year past.