It will be better for her than the steady glare from a glacier.
I find I have said so much about your sister that I must reserve my counsel about your children for another letter.
Your postscript was brief, but pregnant with suggestion, and called for this long reply.
I shall write you again in a few days.
To Mrs. Charles Gordon
Concerning Her Children
Your wish to have your son, who is now four years old, begin to develop the manly qualities, and your oldest daughter, who has reached the mature age of three, start wisely on the path to lovely womanhood, is far from being premature.
"The tree inclines as the twig is bent," we are told.