“Don’t do that. I’ll get on very well, if you’ll help me a little.”
“Please, wait till I send Debbs. You’ll hurt yourself.”
“Your father might object to my riding in his carriage,” he remarked, with a light laugh.
“Mr. McGowan, you must not talk like that. I know you don’t like him, but he is really the best father in all the world!”
“Forgive me, Miss Fox. I didn’t mean to be rude. I’m afraid I was just trying to be funny. As a matter of fact, I do like your father, but there has been no opportunity–––”
“Have you tried very hard to find an opportunity? You’ve stayed away from our house pretty consistently, and have not asked him one thing about the church work.”
“I stayed away because I was requested to.”
“That was only for the time he was ill.”
“I’d be glad–––”