hesitated. There were not many  he 
could refuse his daughter; but he was not sure he 
ought to yield to her in this. For were not these 
two a couple of foolish young , who wanted an 
experienced, and cool, and shrewd person to come 
with a little dexterous management and arrange their 
afifairs for them? 

"I do not think I have half explained the diflference 
between us," said Sheila, in the same low voice. "It 
is no passing quarrel to be mended up and for- 
gotten  it is nothing like that You must leave it 
alone, papa." 

"That is foolishness, Sheila," said the old man, 
with a little . "You are making big  



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out of ferry little; and you will only bring trou? 
yoiirself. How do you know but that he wordnetdesire to 
hef all this in i su n d erstand in g reraoved, and hef you go 
back lo hiraJ" 

"I know that he wiahes that," she said, calmly. 

"And you speak as if you wass in great  
here, and yet you will not go backi" he said, in great 
. 

"Yes, that is so," she said. "There is no use in 
rny going back to the same sort