"That you will never call me Prodigy again."
"I had firmly resolved before you came never to do it," laughed she.
"Well, I only asked it in order to help along your good resolutions."
"Then you are making fun of me?"
"Like yourself, I am very serious."
"But I am in earnest, Mr. Somers; I mean to reform. Now, father and mother will be very glad to see you, Mr. Somers."
"Your father?"
"He was temporarily relieved to attend a court martial. He is going away again to-morrow."
"You have other visitors?"
"Only Lieutenant Pillgrim."