To tha little girl he was a figure to be feared and avoided. Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss to which she responded with "Goodbye, father". And oh ,there was a glad sense of relief when she heard tha noise of the carriage growing fainter and fanter down tha loan road!
In tha evening when he came home she stood near tha staircase and heard his loud voice in the hall. "Bring my tea into the drawing-room...Hasn't out there--- and bring me my slippers."