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It was also decided that Lecture Hall, which boasted of a stage and several sets of scenery, and would hold a goodly audience, should be used for the occasion. Within the next three days Miss Duncan and Dr. Hepburn, instructors, respectively, in English and Latin, and Dr. Darrow, professor of Oratory and Dramatic Expression, had been interviewed and had consented to act as judges.
As I told you, I've never in my life heard any one say two words about Miss Viner." Anna made no answer and they continued to face each other without moving. For the moment she had ceased to think about Sophy Viner and Owen: the only thought in her mind was that Darrow was alone with her, close to her, and that, for the first time, their hands and lips had not met.
She had married the solid Hermie, and he had turned out to be quicksand. She had not married the whipper-snapper Clint, and now he was one of the rich city's rich men. Had she married him against her parents' wishes would Clint Darrow now be complaining of her extravagance, perhaps, to some woman he had known in his youth? She laughed a little, to herself, there in the dark.
Warford sat in the background listening, and Darrow lounged gracefully in front of the fire. "From the beginning!" Helen was commanding him, "and expect interruptions." "Well," began Darrow, "it's a little difficult to get started. But let's begin with the phenomena themselves.
Can't tell whether my spark will reach that far. I can send out a call for 'M." "Well, send this," said McCarthy. "'Go to hell." On the evening of the phenomena afore mentioned, Percy Darrow had returned to his apartments, where he had dressed unusually early, and by daylight. This was because he had a dinner engagement up-town.
There was no question, however, that what she felt was felt with intensity: to the actual, the immediate, she spread vibrating strings. When the play was over, and they came out once more into the sunlight, Darrow looked down at her with a smile. "Well?" he asked. She made no answer. Her dark gaze seemed to rest on him without seeing him.
She reflected a moment before answering. "I told him as soon as I knew." "Knew that you couldn't marry him?" "Knew that I could never live here with him." She looked about the room, as though the very walls must speak for her. For a moment Darrow continued to search her face perplexedly; then their eyes met in a long disastrous gaze. "Yes " she said, and stood up.
If I happened to be a saloon man, Jack would quite as cheerfully want to be a barkeeper. I'd do anything in the world to help Jack; but I'm not the man. You want to hunt up somebody that needs a good bull-terrier. Lots do." "I hate such a cold-blooded way of going at things!" cried the girl. "You show no more interest in Jack than if than if " Darrow smiled whimsically.
Then the footsteps of the present came close, and she had to drop the geraniums to give her hand to Darrow... "Yes, let us walk down to the river." They had neither of them, as yet, found much to say to each other. Darrow had arrived late on the previous afternoon, and during the evening they had had between them Owen Leath and their own thoughts.
Please say to Miss Darrow that I am at work upon a promising clue-promising for someone, anyway and may not see her for some time yet." I did as he requested, and, if I am any judge of feminine indications, my message did not yield Gwen unmixed pleasure; still, she said nothing to warrant such a supposition on my part.
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