Lloyd Osbourne

“ There was a staggering pause. "Mr. Marsden," said papa, when he had somehow got his breath, "I'm an old fellow, and I dare say I'm pretty pigheaded, but I'm not too old and too pigheaded to admit having made a mistake. You and I have got to be friends, and there's my hand on it!"
We all gave him our hands on it, and I added a little squeeze extra. Then he asked was he to run the car into the barn, and papa said Yes, and would I show him the way. And—and—wasn't it foolish of him to risk everything by kissing me in the dark!—just when he had made such headway, and broken into society! ”