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I have waited several years an' there is nothin' against the man except he's eighty-two an' paralyzed. I am seventy-nine. Pa an' Ma oppose the match an' are the oldest couple in the country, an' Elijah has signed it 'Lovin'ly, Rosy' of all the silly things!" "He must be " cried Mrs. Lathrop. "I should think so," said Susan; "why, he was rollin' all over the sofa laughin' over that.
It was from pure inexperience of the man-world, she said to herself, that the silly child could see anything interesting in them! GENTLEMEN she must allow them but of such an old-fashioned type as to be gentlemen but by courtesy not gentlemen in the world's count! She was of the world; they of the north of Scotland! All day Mercy had been on their side and against her!
Aunt Annie hesitated whether to speak or not to speak. Tom remarked in a loud voice: 'If I were you, I should call him Tom, like me. Then, as soon as he can talk, I could say, "How do, Cousin Tom?" and he could say back, "How do, Cousin Tom?" 'But we should always be getting mixed up between you, you silly boy! said Aunt Annie, smiling, and trying to be bright and sunny.
He began enumerating the points to be sure that all was in order. Mr. Torrington shook his head and interrupted. "A silly idea," he said, "clever but silly." "If you have a better " Mr. Torrington put his fingers together and continued slowly. "My method would be to go out through the main entrance wearing no hat and carrying a few letters for the post.
Our boat lay motionless on the sea, and the setting sun caught the undergrowth of red-brown hair that shot through Barbara's dark locks. My own state was, I must confess, less fair to look on. I controlled my voice to a cold steadiness, as I wrung the water from my clothes. "This is a mighty silly business, Mistress Barbara," said I.
The ground floor of the Eastern Hotel was an unabashed pub, with plate-glass fronts, a display of brass rails, and divided into many compartments each having its own entrance. But of course all this was silly. The marriage, the love, the affairs of Captain Anthony were none of my business.
"Father will be miserable to-night because he flared out at supper; but he'll flare again unless we put him out of temptation. He likes his own way as much as we like ours, and it's so difficult for parents to realise that their children are grown-up. We seem silly babies in his eyes, and he longs to be able to shut us up in the nursery until we are sorry, as he used to do in the old days.
"I supposed you had always been rich and beautifully dressed." "No, indeed," replied Ellen. She gazed calmly round at the other girls who were listening. "I doubt if any of us here was born to what you see. Of course we some of us make pretenses all sorts of silly pretenses. But as a matter of fact there isn't one of us who hasn't near relatives in the cabins or the tenements at this very moment."
I keep it sitting on my shoulder and stroking its wings, so it mayn't remember when it's time to fly away. That letter I wrote you was silly. I was a regular cry-baby to write it. But I'm so glad you answered quickly. I don't know how I should have borne it if the man at the Poste Restante window had said: "Nothing for you, miss." I might have responded with blows.
"How annoying!" answered the blue ribbons with a soft laugh. "I missed it, too, in such a silly way. I just ran around the corner to get some chocolate drops, and a little matter detained me a few moments; and when I came back, the train had gone. I was so sorry, for I'm in such a hurry to get home. Do you live in New York?"
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