"I learned when my first
children were young that it was the part of wisdom to be sometimes blind
to venial faults. Not," she added more gravely, "that I would ever put
disrespect to my father in that category, but we must not make too much of
a little girlish petulance, especially when excited by a generous sympathy
with the troubles of another."
The cloud lifted from his brow. "How kind in you to say it, mother dear!
kind to her and to me. Yes, she is very fond of Max, quite as if he were a
younger brother, and it is very natural that she should sympathize with
him when in disgrace."
"And having been so petted and indulged by her father, allowed to have her
own way in almost everything, and seldom, if ever, called to account for
her doings, comings and goings, she can hardly fail to think my father's
rule strict and severe."
"True," Edward responded with a sigh, "and grandpa is a strict
disciplinarian, yet so kind and affectionate with it all that one cannot
help loving him."
"So I think. And now, good-night, my dear son. I must go; and perhaps your
little wife is looking and longing for your coming.
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