I don't like it even a little bit. I'm afraid trouble
is ahead for that little girl. Oh, if her father could only be with her
all the time. Outsiders can do so little because their authority is so
limited and those who HAVE the authority are either too guileless or
debarred by their stations. Dr. Llewellyn, Harrison and Mammy are the
only ones who have the least right to say one word, and--"
Mrs. Harold ceased and shrugged her shoulders in a manner which might
have been copied from Durand himself.
"Yes, I know who you mean. And Peggy is one out of a thousand. She and
Polly too. Great Scott, there isn't an ounce of nonsense in their heads,
and if that old fool--I beg your pardon," cried Durand, fussed at his
break, but Mrs. Harold nodded and said:
"There are times when it is excusable to call a spade a spade."
"Well," continued Durand, "if that femme starts in to talk such rot to
Peggy it's going to spoil everything. Why, you never heard such
confounded foolishness in all your life."
"Come and walk on the terrace with me, laddie, and cool off both
mentally and physically.
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