“Jennie, my darling, why are you so silent?” inquired Mr. Campbell, breaking in upon his daughter’s reverie.
“I have been listening, papa.”
“But you have not heard anything for the last half hour. We have not been talking.”
“I listened with a great deal of interest while you did talk, papa.”
“And you have heard that in a few days, perhaps, we are going to have grand doings at Haymore to welcome the young squire and his bride.”
“Yes, papa dear, I heard all that.”
“What do you think of it?”
“I think it will be a very exciting time,” evasively replied the young woman.
“Jennie, my dear, you speak so faintly. Are you tired?”
“Yes, papa dear—rather tired.”