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He became aware that his daughter was regarding him coldly. "I thought we had best have all this part of it over at once," she remarked. He confronted her in a new kind of surprise. The little keen- eyed professor was at this time imperial, on the verge of a majestic outburst. " Be still," he said. "Don't be clever with your father. Don't be a dodger. Or, if you are, don't speak of it to me. I suppose this fine young man expects to see me personally ? " " He was coming to-morrow," replied Marjory. She began to weep. " He was coming to-morrow." " Um," said the professor. He continued his pacing while Marjory wept with her head bowed to the arm of the chair. His brow made the three dark vertical crevices well known to his students.