““But what do the boys say about my staying on, sir? They dislike me dreadfully. I'm sure they won't want me to become one of them." Dr. David's whole face wreathed itself in a giant twinkle. "Hasn't thee found out about those boys yet, Martitia? Hasn't thee learned that menfolk don't tease except where there's affection to prompt it? 'Twas that rascal Clarkson himself who spoke the first yea to his mother's wish to keep thee here.””
