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"I'm afraid you'll have to wait till quite a little later on, Noble. That one is poor Mr. Ridgely's. I promised him I wouldn't " "Then can I cut in on the next one after that?" "It's Mr. Clairdyce's," said Julia and she blushed. "My goodness!" said Noble. "Oh, my goodness!" "Sh! I'm afraid people " "Let's go out on the porch," said Noble, whose manner had suddenly become desperate.
They had not called in company, however, but coincidentally; and each had a copy of The North End Daily Oriole, already somewhat worn with folding and unfolding. Mr. Clairdyce's condition was one of desperate calm, Florence's father said, but Mr.
When the music stopped he caromed hastily through the room toward Julia, but she was in a thicket of her guests when he arrived, and for several moments Mr. Clairdyce's broad back kept intervening almost intentionally, it seemed. When Noble tried to place himself in a position to attract Julia's attention, this back moved, too, and Noble's nose but pressed black cloth.
"No, that one's Mr. Clairdyce's, too." "It is?" Noble was greatly disturbed. "Yes." "Two that quick with old Baldy Clairdyce!" he exclaimed, raising his voice, but unaware of the fervour with which he spoke. "Two with that old " "Sh, Noble," she said, though she laughed. "He isn't really old; he's just middle-aged, and only the least bit bald, just enough to be distinguished-looking."
"Can I have the first part of the next?" She laughed. "I'm afraid not. The next is Mr. Clairdyce's and I really promised him I wouldn't give any of his away or let anybody cut in." "Well, then," said Noble, frowning a little, "would you be willing for me to cut in on the third?" "I'm afraid not. That's Newland Sanders', and I promised him the same thing." "Well, the one after that?"
Clairdyce's unseen chest, her large eyes dwelt upon Noble, and it is not at all impossible that she was applying the tender words to him, just as the vehement Clairdyce was patently addressing them to Julia.
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