"There isn't anything you can tell me that I don't know."
"Mother——"
"Girls can't fool their mothers, Mary. Do you think that when Fiddle grows up, she is going to fool you?"
IV
The next morning Mr. Flippin was at the foot of the stairs when his daughter came down.
"So you lied to me, Mary."
She shook her head, "No."
"You said his name was Truelove Branch."
"He is my true love, Father. And his name is T. Branch—Truxton Branch Beaufort."