"
Miss Fosbrook could not show how delighted she was.
"I could hardly have ventured on taking those two girls to town
unless you had broken them in a little. I would say nothing last
night till I had watched Susan; for my mother is particular, and if
my wife was to be always worrying herself about their manners, they
had better be at home."
"Indeed, I think you may quite trust to their behaving well. Those
two and Sam are so thoroughly trustworthy, that I had no real
difficulty till this unhappy business."
The Captain wanted to talk this over with her, and hear her account
of it once more. She gave it fully, thinking he ought to know
exactly how his children had acted in the matter, and wishing to
explain where she thought she had made mistakes. When she had
finished, he said, "Thank you," and considered a little while; then
said, "A thing like this brings out a great deal of character; and a
new eye sometimes sees more what is in a child than those that bred
him up."
"It has been a touchstone, indeed," she answered.
"Poor Hal!" he said sadly; then resumed, "I've said nothing of it yet
to the boys--but Admiral Penrose has promised to let me take out one
with me.
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