‘And John its godfather.’
‘Yes. Did he tell you so?’
‘Ay! he spoke as if it was very near his heart.’
‘He has been—O, so very—I believe he is very fond of baby,’ hastily concluded Violet, as her first sentence stuck in her throat.
‘I am heartily glad he has something to take interest in. He looks better and less frail. Is he so, do you think?’
‘O yes, much better. He hardly ever coughs—’
‘Does he get those bad fits of cough and breathlessness?’
‘Very seldom; he has not had one since the day we heard you were coming home, and that, Brown thought, was from the excitement.’
‘Ay! ay! he seems stronger every way.’
‘Yes, he can bear much more exertion.’