you want?"

"It is nice to get what you want, but I think REALLY, REALLY, you'd
rather you could not coax them to do it just because you coax them."

"Ah, I see."

"Yes; you see, you're never really quite sure after you get it whether
you ought to get it after all."

"I see," said her father; "that rather spoils it."

"Yes, but you never do that, Papa."

"Oh, you can't coax me, eh? I am glad to know that. I was afraid,
rather."

"Well, of course, I can coax you, Papa, but you usually find some other
way, and then I know it is quite right."

"I wish I was quite as sure of that, Jane. But you are going to bring
Larry home with you?"

"Yes, if Mrs. Gwynne will let him come. I told her we had four rooms and
we were only using two, and they are all crowded up in Mrs. Sleighter's,
two girls in each room, and Tom's room is so tiny, and I don't think
Larry would like to go in Tom's room. And we have two empty rooms, so we
might just as well."

"Yes, certainly, we might just as well. You might perhaps mention it to