\" Hortense replied, \"it is very plain and natural. Surely affectionate parents may be allowed to deceive their children when they wish to spare their feelings.\"
Josephine was seated in the lap of her husband. Hortense sprang into her mother's arms, and encircled the neck of both father and mother in a loving embrace. Eugene caught the contagion, and by his tears and affecting caresses added to this domestic scene of love and woe.
\" Hortense replied, \"it is very plain and natural. Surely affectionate parents may be allowed to deceive their children when they wish to spare their feelings.\"
Josephine was seated in the lap of her husband. Hortense sprang into her mother's arms, and encircled the neck of both father and mother in a loving embrace. Eugene caught the contagion, and by his tears and affecting caresses added to this domestic scene of love and woe.
