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Of course as soon as Doctor Wade told me that, I said 'Bring him! It will be so extraordinarily interesting to watch the first impression. Yes, do follow him, dear Mr. Bernald, and be sure that you and he secure the seats next to me. Of course Alice Fosdick insists on being with us. She was wild with excitement when I told her she was to meet some one who'd never heard of Pellerin!"
He was afraid that he would do or say something that was improper, or that something would slip out which would betray his vagabond life of the streets. "I wish you was going with me, Fosdick," he said. "You'll get along well enough alone, Dick. Don't be afraid." "You see I aint used to society, Fosdick." "Nor I either." "But it seems to come natural to you. I'm always makin' some blunder."
"Almiry, what did she do for clothin' when she needed to replenish, or risin' for her bread, or the piece-bag that no woman can live long without?" "Or company," suggested Mrs. Todd. "Joanna was one that loved her friends. There must have been a terrible sight o' long winter evenin's that first year." "There was her hens," suggested Mrs. Fosdick, after reviewing the melancholy situation.
Dick offered his arm, and, as the sets were already being formed, led his partner to the upper end of the room, where they were just in time to get into the same set with Ida. Theodore, with a girl about his own age, had already taken his position opposite Dick. Fosdick and Ida were the first couple, and opposite them Isaac and Isabella Selden, cousins of Theodore and Alice.
Dick held up the article indicated, which had now seen service nearly a week, and hard service at that, Dick's avocation causing him to be rather hard on towels. "Yes," said Fosdick, "I've got about tired of it. I guess we can find some better place without having to pay much more. When we move, you must let me pay my share of the rent." "We'll see about that," said Dick.
Fosdick means is had you cal'lated that, if you married his daughter, maybe her dad's money might help you and her to keep goin'? To put it even plainer: had you planned some on her bein' a rich girl?" Fosdick looked annoyed. "Oh, I say, Snow!" he cried. "That's too strong, altogether." "Not a mite. It's what you've had in the back of your head all along.
"Tip-top," said Dick. "Who did you see?" "Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell, and two children, Johnny, the one I fished out of the water, and his sister, Grace. Johnny's a jolly little chap, and his sister is a nice girl." "Halloa, what's that?" asked Fosdick, suddenly espying the watch-chain. "What do you think of my new watch?" asked Dick, drawing it out. "Do you mean to say it is yours?" "Yes. Mrs.
Fosdick, from his rolling around the earth, had become an expert on the social revolution; he could tell the approximate dates when it "would be pulled off" in all the great countries.
The summons came only a day after this conversation. It came in the form of another letter from Madeline and one from Mrs. Fosdick. They were, so the latter wrote, back once more in their city home, her nerves, thank Heaven, were quite strong again, and they were expecting him, Albert, to come on at once. "We are all dying to see you," wrote Mrs. Fosdick.
"Think carefully, now!" But Fosdick shook his head, and Stephens shook his. "Never heard the name," said Fosdick. "Did you ever hear Ashton mention the name!" asked Mr. Pawle. "Never!" "Never heard him mention it on board ship when he was coming home?" "No never!" "Well," said Mr. Pawle, "I happen to know that Ashton, some years ago, had a very particular friend named Wickham, out in Australia."
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