Girls are apt to stretch out some between ten and twenty , you know . You old bachelors think nobody ever grows up . Why , Sel , you 're grey around your temples . '' `` Too well I know it , but a man 's own brother should n't be the first to cast such things up to him . I 'll admit , since I come to think of it , that Alice has probably grown bigger . Is she any better-looking than she used to be ? '' `` Alice is a charming girl , '' said Mrs. Grant impressively . `` She is a beauty and she is also sweet and sensible , which beauties are not always . We are all very much pleased with Leo 's choice . But we have really no more time to spare just now . The wedding is at seven o'clock and it is four already . '' `` Is there anybody you can send to the station for my luggage ? '' asked Selwyn . `` Luckily I have a new suit , otherwise I should n't have the face to go . '' `` Well , I must be off , '' said Mrs. Grant . `` Father , take Selwyn away so that I sha n't be tempted to waste time talking to him . '' In the library father and son looked at each other affectionately . `` Dad , it 's a blessing to see you just the same . I 'm a little dizzy with all these changes . Bertha grown up and Leo within an inch of being married !
To Alice Graham at that , whom I ca n't XXXXX of yet as anything else than the long-legged , black-eyed imp of mischief she was when a kiddy .
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