"Indiana has the floor!" said Mrs. Bunker.
"Is it right that you should make it necessary for me to remind you of a common duty; that of paying proper attention to your health, in order that we should have peace of mind?"
Indiana had been chosen to deliver the valedictory at the closing exercises at her school. This gave her a reputation for eloquence which she liked to sustain whenever an occasion presented itself.
"I see your finish," she wound up, not as elegantly as one might have expected. "You'll be a hopeless wreck and we'll all have insomnia from lying awake nights, worrying. When we once get in that state—" she turned to Mrs. Bunker.
"No cure," said the lady. "Nothing but time."
Stillwater sat with his hand in his pocket and his eyes closed, apparently thinking deeply.
"Well, I've said all I'm going to say."
She looked at him expectantly. His eyes remained closed, however, and he breathed deeply and regularly.
"I have finished, pa. Have you any remarks to make?"
No answer.