He would put a constraint upon himself. The affection and the graciousness should be all there,--as long as they might secure the purpose in hand.
"Marie," he began, "I spoke to you the other day about some property which for certain purposes was placed in your name just as we were leaving Paris."
"Yes, papa."
"You were such a child then,--I mean when we left Paris,--that I could hardly explain to you the purpose of what I did." "I understood it, papa."
"You had better listen to me, my dear. I don't think you did quite understand it. It would have been very odd if you had, as I never explained it to you."
"You wanted to keep it from going away if you got into trouble."

"Marie," he began, "I spoke to you the other day about some property which was placed in your name when we were leaving Paris."
"Yes, papa."
"You were such a child then that I could hardly explain to you the purpose of what I did."
"I understood it, papa."
"You had better listen to me, my dear. I don't think you did quite understand it."
"You wanted to keep it from going away if you got into trouble."
