“Mother, see who is here.”
“My dear wife, I want you to meet my brother, as a gentleman—which he is, and has been proved to be.
“And, Clarence, this is Gertie, my pet now, as I must soon give Amelia to someone else.
“I hope that he will be as kind to you, Amelia, as your father has always been.”
“THE PLACE IS ALL AGLOW.”
“Father, you have been good and kind to me. You gave me all I ever asked for, and I want you to forgive me for the way I treated you when you were in trouble, I am truly sorry.”
“Yes; and, dear husband, I shall always look on that time as the mistake of my life. For doing as I did I will ask you in the presence of your brother, and mine also, to forgive me.”