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 think of yet as anything else than the long-legged , black-eyed imp of mischief she was when a kiddy . To tell you the truth , Dad , I do n't feel in a mood for going to a wedding at Wish-ton-wish tonight . I 'm sure you do n't either . You 've always hated fusses . Ca n't we shirk it ? '' They smiled at each other with chummy remembrance of many a family festival they had `` shirked '' together in the old days . But Mr. Grant shook his head . `` Not this time , sonny . There are some things a decent man ca n't shirk and one of them is his own boy 's wedding . It 's a nuisance , but I must go through with it . You 'll understand how it is when you 're a family man yourself . By the way , why are n't you a family man by this time ?
Why have n't I been put XXXXX the bother and inconvenience of attending your wedding before now , son ? ''
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