“And you will teach her, papa? No one could do it better.”
“If she wishes. But Dr. Landreth and Mr. Travilla are quite as capable; and she may prefer to learn of them.”
“I don’t believe she will. I’m sure I’d much rather have you than anybody else.”
At that he only smiled and stroked her hair.
CHAPTER IX.
“A sweet, heart-lifting cheerfulness,
Like spring-time of the year,
Seemed ever on her steps to wait.”
—Mrs. Hale.
“Will I do, Elsie?” asked Annis.