He then kissed me and said:
"Just a word of advise, Bab, from a parent who is, of
course, extremely old but has not forgoten his Youth entirely.
Don't try to make yourself over for each new Admirer who comes
along. Be yourself. If you want to do any making over, try it on
the boys. Most of them could stand it."
That morning, after changing another tire and breaking
three finger nails, I remembered the overcoat and, putting aside
my scruples, went through the pockets. Although containing no
Burglar's tools, I found a _sketch of the lower floor of our
house, with a cross outside one of the library windows_!
I was for a time greatly excited, but calmed myself, since
there was work to do. I felt that, as I was to capture him
unaided, I must make a Plan, which I did and which I shall tell
of later on.
Alas, while thinking only of securing the Reward and of
getting Sis married, so that I would be able to be engaged and
enjoy it without worry as to Money, coming out and so on, my
Ship of Love was in the hands of the wicked, and about to be
utterly destroyed, or almost, the complete finish not coming
untill later.
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