“They’re awfully sweet, daddy dear,” said Martha.
“Awfully sweet,” Renie echoed, but he saw her restless dark eyes roving about, looking for something. What could he have neglected or forgotten?
“She feels strange here,” he thought. “It was bound to be like that at first.” Aloud he said: “Dinner in ten minutes, chicks.”
For it was his policy to give them no time to be homesick.
All afternoon he had had them out at the Bronx zoo, and the cool April air and the excitement had made them healthily tired.
“Just time for a wash and brush,” he said.
“I—can’t unbutton my shoes, daddy,” said Renie.
“Never mind about your shoes,” he answered.
“But mother said not to wear our best shoes in the house.”
Just like Katherine, he thought! Dress up for a public appearance, and never mind how you looked at home!