Think of it! How time flies! Ten years--an' the girl's
most twenty. I can't realize it. Why, it seems only yesterday she was
clingin' to my neck an' I was bringin' her home."
"She's grown to be a regular beauty," Celestina observed.
"I s'pose she has; folks seem to think so," replied Zenas Henry. "But
it wouldn't make an ounce of difference to me how she looked; I'd love
her just the same. I reckon she'll never seem to me anyhow like she
does to other people. Still I ain't so blind that I don't know she's
pretty. Her hair is wonderful, an' she's got them big brown eyes an'
pink cheeks. I'm proud as Tophet of her. If it warn't fur Abbie I
figger the three captains an' I would have the child clean spoilt. But
Abbie's always kept a firm hand on us an' prevented us from puttin'
nonsensical notions into Delight's head. Much of the way she's turned
out is due to Abbie's common sense. Well, the girl's a mighty nice
one," concluded Zenas Henry. "There's none to match her."
"You're right there!" Celestina assented cordially.
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