\"Cristina must have just gone, I could smell her perfume, and my father was still fussed.\"
\"That made it more difficult for you then.\"
\"No, on the contrary, I think he was relieved that the thing was done with. He treated me pretty decent—for him. Of course, he was pretty stiff with me, he was never the one to admit he had been wrong. But I think he showed it a little. At any rate, he didn't refuse my hand. He had his tea,
\"Cristina must have just gone, I could smell her perfume, and my father was still fussed.\"
\"That made it more difficult for you then.\"
\"No, on the contrary, I think he was relieved that the thing was done with. He treated me pretty decent—for him. Of course, he was pretty stiff with me, he was never the one to admit he had been wrong. But I think he showed it a little. At any rate, he didn't refuse my hand. He had his tea,
