We used to argue sometimes and get excited , but that was as far as it ever went . When I saw Claude getting too excited I gave in to him . He is a boy , you know , and they have to be humoured ; they are not like girls . As for having a woman to look after us , I thought that just too silly , and so did Claude . What did we need with a woman when we had Father ? He could cook all we wanted to eat and make molasses taffy that was just like a dream . He kept our clothes all mended , and everything about the lighthouse was neat as wax . Of course I helped him lots . I like pottering round . He used to hear our lessons and tell us splendid stories and saw that we always said our prayers . Claude and I would n't have done anything to make him feel bad for the world . Father is just lovely . To be sure , he did n't seem to have any relations except us . This used to puzzle Claude and me . Everybody on the mainland had relations ; why had n't we ? Was it because we lived on an island ? We thought it would be so jolly to have an uncle and aunt and some cousins . Once we asked Father about it , but he looked so sorrowful all of a sudden that we wished we had n't . He said it was all his fault . I did n't see how that could be , but I never said anything more about it to Father .
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