"But you must tell him to put back every brick in its place," said Laura. "I could not bear to have anything happen to that chimney. All the same, I am glad the matter is going to be cleared up. It has been nerve-racking; and I have been all alone, waiting for I know not what."
"You haven't been afraid?" said Fitzgerald.
"I'm not sure that I haven't." She sighed.
"Nonsense!" cried the admiral.
"I am not afraid of anything I can see; but I do not like the dark; I do not like mysteries."
"You're the bravest girl I know, Laura," her father declared. "Now,
Mr. Breitmann, if you don't mind."
"Shall we begin at once, sir?"
"You will copy some of my notes, to begin with. Any time you're in doubt over a word, speak to me. There will not be much outside of manuscript work. Most of my mail is sorted at my bankers, and only important letters forwarded. There may be a social note occasionally. Do you read and write English as well as you speak it?"
"Oh, yes."
Laura invited Fitzgerald to the tennis court.