"She enjoys it better than we do," said Mrs. Wright.
The Senator had greeted me with a fatherly warmth. Again I felt that strong appeal to my eye in his broadcloth and fine linen and beaver hat and in the splendid dignity and courtesy of his manners.
"I've had good reports of you, Bart, and I'm very glad to see you," he said.
"I believe your own marks have been excellent in the last year," I ventured.
"Poorer than I could wish. The teacher has been very kind to me," he laughed. "What have you been studying?"
"Latin (I always mentioned the Latin first), Algebra, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography and History."
"Including the history of the Binkses," he laughed.
There was never a note of humor in his speeches, but he was playful in his talk at times, especially when trusted friends were with him.
"She is a very excellent woman, after all," he added.
He asked about my aunt and uncle and I told him of all that had befallen us, save the one thing of which I had spoken only with them and Sally.