Chapter 1. A Duet
_ CHAPTER I. A DUET
"Well, Margaret!"
"Well, Uncle John!"
"Not a word to throw at a dog, as Rosalind says?"
"You are not a dog, Uncle John. Besides, you know all about it without my saying a word, so why should I be silly, and spoil your comfortable cigar? Dear children! They will have a delightful time, I hope； and of course it is perfectly right that they should go to their father when he wants them； and--the summer will pass quickly."
"Very quickly!" Mr. Montfort assented, watching his smoke rings float upward.
"And Peggy is coming； and--oh, we shall be all right, of course we shall； only--we do miss them, don‘t we, Uncle?"
"I should think we did! A house is a poor place without children； and we flatter ourselves that our two--eh, Margaret?"
"Oh, they are the dearest children in the world," said Margaret with conviction. "There is no possible doubt about that."
She sighed, and took up her work； Mr. Montfort blew smoke rings and watched them

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