"Very classy expression father," approved Carol. "Maybe you can work it into a sermon."
"Complexion and boys with Carol, books and boys with Lark, Connie, if you begin that nonsense you'll get spanked. One member of my family shall rise above it if I have to do it with force."
Connie blushed.
The twins broke into open derision. "Connie! Oh, yes, Connie's above that nonsense."
"Connie's the worst in the family, father, only she's one of these reserved, supercilious souls who doesn't tell everything she knows."
"'Nonsense.' I wish father could have heard Lee Hanson last night. It would have been a revelation to him. 'Aw, go on, Connie, give us a kiss.'"
Connie caught her lips between her teeth. Her face was scarlet.
"Twins!"
"It's a fact, father. He kept us awake. 'Aw, go on, Connie, be good to a fellow.'"
"That's what makes us so pale to-day,—he kept us awake hours!"