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She would fain have taken Charlotte with her; but neither Charlotte nor Eveleen appeared disposed to move, and she was obliged to leave them. Eva had already guessed that there was more chance of hearing the facts from Charlotte, and presently she knew a good deal.
Mercy guessed what the object was; she knew but too well what Horace wanted of her. How was she to meet the emergency? In the name of Heaven, what was to be done? Could she let the man who loved her the man whom she loved drift blindfold into marriage with such a woman as she had been? No! it was her duty to warn him. How?
The shuddering cry drew Boswell to the present. He remembered that his listener knew Farwell only as a friend and gentle comrade. Her shock was natural. "You you never guessed?
I saw you in your place, in the house, when you came. As soon as we got here I went out to those steps that go up to the stage and I looked out, with my father from behind him and saw you in a minute. Then I felt too nervous to speak! I could never, never, if you were there! My father didn't know you, and I said nothing, but Olive guessed as soon as I came back.
I will have to make some kind of an explanation, I said to myself. "The woman came at seven o'clock, and, as you may have guessed, I let her in and forgot the resolution I had made. It is likely I never had any intention of doing anything else. There was a bell on my door, but she did not ring, but knocked very softly.
"I'm taking it that way," he said smilingly. "I shouldn't have guessed it." Yet for all his debonair ease the man had an air of quiet competence. His strong, bronzed face and neck, the set of his shoulders, the light poise of him in the saddle, the steady confidence of the gray eyes, all told her as much. She was aware of a curiosity about what was hidden behind that stone-wall face of his.
He guessed that it was some one out on the sidewalk whom she had discovered, and he stretched his small head beyond the ring of singers, anxiously looking out into the shadows. His sharp eye saw that form leaning against the fence. He could not wait until the song was finished. He ran out upon the sidewalk, and Aunt Stanshy followed.
He left early, and often came home after midnight in a curious frame of mind, a drunkenness of excitement that was worse than that of liquor. Herman could not help him. But he eyed the old soldier appraisingly. He guessed shrewdly the growing uneasiness behind Adelbert's brave front. If now one could enlist such a man for the Cause, that would be worth doing.
'Where art thou going? gasped the boy as she dragged him swiftly along the street. 'Wait and thou shalt see, she answered shortly; 'and do thou mind thy manners, else will I mind them for thee. Filippo ran along a little quicker on hearing this advice. He had but a dim notion of what minding his manners might mean, but he guessed fairly well what would happen if his aunt minded them.
"I I am so surprised " she half stammered in an agony of confused doubt; and that was the only lame phrase she could utter during a few trying seconds. Bower frowned. He hated scenes between women. With his first glimpse of Millicent he guessed her errand.
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