Then two big black shiny eyes were awake and
looking at him.
Itisnt every wife, my dear, has such an offer made
her. Mary listenedand laughed, throwing in a reproving: Now, REALLY,
Tilly!
Bending over the passionately weeping girl Mary
whispered:Hush, hush, Emmy!
As he was lifted up Cuffy made protest,
wildlyworking his arms and legs.
Only one person knew what she wassuffering. Itwas
one persons while to receive the visitors, answer the letters,acknowledge the gifts.
Weeks had dragged by, andthe house was still unlet.
Madam, gone sour as curds, clinging likegrim death
to er posse of old maids!
Wait till the bloom was off the grapes, said he,
and then see how theland lay.
Cuffys heart began to thump withanxiety: he walked
more gingerly than before. But at home again, he felt the need of blowing out his
shrunkenself-esteem. Cuffy,dark, slim, retiring, formed just the right contrast.
What about the change of climate for them whiletheyre so small? He drank a glass of
water, and rolled over on his other side.
Though itsnot for me to complain, my dear,
considering ow he handles money.
Not to speak of the posse of stepdaughters she has
loaded herself upwith. Wasnt it a funny thing Purdytumbling across some one, like
that?
Still, money was money; you could not have too much
of it .
And that he could forget so easilyhow he had hated
England . Coming to with a jerk, he sent his thoughts backover the
evening.
And here, seizing its chance, a further fear
insinuated itself. Coming to with a jerk, he sent his thoughts backover the
evening.
Shetook John, as we all know, because he was by far
the best catch thathad ever come her way. Zaras elegant manners and her ease in
expressingherself on paper were exactly what was wanted.