"No, not as bad as all that," she giggled
For children of our immigrants to outgrow their parents, not only intellectually, but physically as well, is a common phenomenon. Perhaps it is due to their being fed far better than their parents were in their childhood and youth
I asked Lucy to take a seat by my side and she did, cheerfully. ("
Maybe she does not know anything," I wondered.) "How is
Danny?" I asked. "Still fat?"
"No, not very," she laughed. "He goes to school. I have a little sister, too," she added, blushing the least bit.
I winced. It was as though I had heard something revoltingly unseemly. Then a thought crossed my mind, and, seized with an odd feeling of curiosity, I asked: "How old is she?"
"Oh, a little less than a year," Lucy replied. "She's awful cute," she laughed
"And how is papa?" I inquired, to turn the conversation
"He's all right, thank you," she answered, gravely. "Only he lost a lot of money on account of the hard times. Many of his customers were out of work.
Business is picking up, though."
"And how is Becky? Are you still great friends?"