Actually, there is no record of Hawthorne having directly mentioned his father, who died before he got to know him.

"I can be seeing that much, but you were after mentioning my father, as well."

Better to avoid mentioning his father at all, but he could still be accurate about the details.

He mentioned your father, and suggested that I communicate with him.

Mummy did get better and she never spoke of it, you know, I don't remember her ever mentioning my father.

But that had been a horrible moment, when he'd mentioned her father.

He was being careful, she noted, not to mention her father.

"You may mention my father and his hospitality," the man in green responded.

"Have I mentioned my father to either of you?"

Perhaps her mentioning his father betrayed how concerned she was.