\"I do not think, brother, that papa is very sick. At any rate, it is not such a sickness as doctors can cure.\" Josephine felt the reproach, and conscious that it was in some degree deserved, said:
\"What do you mean, my child? Do you think your father and I have combined to deceive you?\"
\"Pardon me, mamma, but I do think so.\"
\"Oh, sister,\" exclaimed Eugene, \"how can you speak so strangely?\"
\"On the contrary,
\"I do not think, brother, that papa is very sick. At any rate, it is not such a sickness as doctors can cure.\" Josephine felt the reproach, and conscious that it was in some degree deserved, said:
\"What do you mean, my child? Do you think your father and I have combined to deceive you?\"
\"Pardon me, mamma, but I do think so.\"
\"Oh, sister,\" exclaimed Eugene, \"how can you speak so strangely?\"
\"On the contrary,
