saidChristie，withafrankexpressionofreliefsogenuineastoutterlydiscomposeherfather。\"Perhapsyouareright，thoughI
failtodiscoveranythingseriousintheattentionsofyoungKearneytoJessie——or——whoeveritmaybe——tome。Butitwillbeveryeasytoremedyit，andseelessofthem。Indeed，wemightbeginto—daywithsomeexcuse。\"
\"Yes——certainly。Ofcourse!\"saidMr。Carr，fullyconvincedofhisutterfailure，but，likemostweakcreatures，consolinghimselfwiththereflectionthathehadnotshownhishandorcommittedhimself。\"Yes；butitwouldperhapsbejustaswellforthepresenttoletthingsgoonastheywere。We’lltalkofitagain——
I’minahurrynow，\"and，edginghimselfthroughthedoor，heslippedaway。
\"Whatdoyouthinkisfather’slastidea？\"saidChristie，with，I