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"It was scarcely important enough to call a quarrel. My husband and I frequently disagreed on trifling matters. We were both a little short-tempered, and often had altercations that were forgotten as soon as they occurred." "And that's true," put in Miss Ames. "For two people who loved each other to distraction, I often thought the Emburys were the most quarrelsome I ever saw."
This inconvenienced the Emburys, but they put up with it perforce. Nor would they have so disliked to entertain the old lady had it not been for her predilection for occult matters. Her visit to their home coincided with her course of Clairvoyant Sittings and her class of Psychic Development.
"Were did you learn that? I insist on knowing!" "Servants' gossip, sir. I picked it up in the apartment house. He and the Emburys live in the same one, you know." "McGuire, you are on a wrong trail. Mr. Embury may have lent money to his friends may have had collateral security from them probably did but that's nothing to do with his being killed.
You are not to go there, Eunice, and that's all there is about it." The Emburys were in Eunice's bedroom. Sanford was in evening dress and was about to leave for his club. Eunice, who had dined in a negligee, was donning an elaborate evening costume. She had dismissed her maid when Embury came into the room, and was herself adjusting the finishing touches.
There were a number of guests in the house, among them the Emburys of Magnolia Hall, and, naturally, the talk at the table ran principally upon the approaching marriage of Molly's brother, Dr. Percival. "I am much pleased," she said; "Maud will make a dear little sister for me, and I hope will find me a good and kind one to her. And if Sydney goes along she will be about as good as another.
Trained in the school of convention, both the Emburys became at once the courteous, cordial host and hostess. "Hello, Elliott," sang out Sanford, "glad to see your bright and happy face. Come right along and chum in." Eunice offered her hand with a welcoming smile. "Just the boy I was looking for," she said, we've the jolliest game on for the afternoon. Haven't we, San?"
Eunice had been once again endeavoring to persuade her husband to give her an allowance a stated sum, however small, that she might depend upon regularly. The Emburys fulfilled every requirement of the condition known as "happily married" save for this one item. They were congenial, affectionate, good-natured, and quite ready to make allowances for each other's idiosyncrasies or whims.
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