"It will be a good miss—won't it?"
"Why, Richard! You don't think so—do you?"
"Well, I have been a kind of nuisance to you."
"No, Richard; don't say that."
"I have been in all sorts of scrapes."
"I would a great deal rather have you stay at home, and—and——"
"And be a good boy," added Richard.
"That's what I mean, Richard."
"Berty, I think I have sowed all my wild oats now."
"I hope so."