But they did not reveal this to Cass, for hewas a
man not overfond of being tickled in the ribs. Her father had kept some of the best
saloons in Northern Minnesota.
Youredead right, my dear; I do prefer quiet. Cass,
whats all this we hear about your going nuts over somefifth-rate
stenographer?
Do you takethis little Marshland girl
seriously?
He might know now whether sheloved him or
considered him a bumbler. Some low-grade tart on the make, added Queenie,
virtuously. But any ideas he might have had about trying to betray her
seemedwondrously absurd.
That they had never yetseen Jinny made them no less
authoritative. However, they sighed, it was something that neither Harold
W.
Illnever have that much money again,
never.
He was even more embarrassed bythe fact that Mr.
Half an hour after the Brothers arrival, the parlor was turnedinto a complete bar.
Lillian was devoted to them, oftenlooked at them sadly, as though they were doomed.
She does try so hard to hate me, butshe doesnt know how. He herded her into the
kitchen, and announced, Mrs. Youre going about getting hurt again in just the right
way. And all of them, though grumblingly,consented to be ruled and extensively
discussed by The Family.
Or, sudden jagged thought, did she consider the
titlepompous?
But for a year it broke his habitof the Havocks.
What he saw was ChrisGrau, happily arranging the flowers, and her happiness chilled
him.
Could he really be that monumental object toHER?
And that was all that happened of fleshly love-making.
Im the only person youve ever really talked to
aboutBlanche.
That they had never yetseen Jinny made them no less
authoritative. In her bright young ruthlessness, shemight dismiss him
forever.
And she signs itJinny, not Virginia or Virginia
Marshland. But Cass did see it, and he knew now how a burglar felt when he wasfacing
Judge Timberlane.
Of the uses towhich these rooms were put, the
Sisters knew nothing.
What he saw was ChrisGrau, happily arranging the
flowers, and her happiness chilled him. She certainly doesntshow any stains from
it.
Lillian was devoted to them, oftenlooked at them
sadly, as though they were doomed.
The oldest, Zeta, was married to Alfred
T.
If he was distinctly more leftwing than Jinny
thought, he wasdistinctly less so than he thought.
In her bright young ruthlessness, shemight dismiss
him forever.
Cass, have you fallen for that young female
grasshopper,that Marshland girl, at your age?
Nobody ever knew; Dad and Mother were swell about
notprying.
However, they sighed, it was something that neither
Harold W.
In the fresh air that Jinny always bore about her,
he wanted todefy his own ancestral cautions. Jinny sat crosslegged then and
Cleoperched on her knee like a small brave statue.