Stephen Barton, or Captain Barton as he was called, was What inference can be made about Captain Barton, a man of marked military tastes. With his youngest child based on the details in the passage? perched on his knee, he would regale her with tales. O He tells stories to distract his daughter. '...surrounded by darkness, we sat quietly waiting for our orders to advance," he would say. O He is proud of his military service. O He wants his children to understand military strategy. O He didn't tell stories to his other children