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But the walls between my house and that of the Van Burnams are very thick, as I have had occasion to observe more than once. "Then she went up-stairs before you left?" "To be sure, ma'am; what would she do in the kitchen?" "And you didn't see her again?" "No, ma'am; but I heard her walking around." "In the parlors, you mean?" "Yes, ma'am, in the parlors." "You did not go up yourself?"
The attitude taken by the Van Burnams, especially by Howard just now in the presence of this girl, shows how little we have to expect from them." "Yet you think they know as much as she does about it?" "I do not know what to think. For once I am baffled, Superintendent.
The distance to the camp was so great that they were to be two days upon their journey, spending the night at a ranch on their way, and reaching camp late on the following afternoon. By nine o'clock, the party had assembled at the Burnams', ready for the start. They made an imposing cavalcade as they moved away down the street, for all but the older women were mounted on horseback.
I ate because it was time to eat, and because any occupation was welcome that would pass away the hours of waiting. I was troubled; and I did not know what to make of myself. I was no friend to the Van Burnams; I did not like them, and certainly had never approved of any of them but Mr.
And then, while she was determined to become his champion at any cost, there was always the delightful possibility that he might be a pleasant addition to their little circle, and contribute his share to the frolics which were continually taking place at either the Burnams' or the Everetts'. Far into the hours of the previous night she had lain awake, picturing her cousin as he would probably appear to them, and going over and over in her own mind the details of their first meeting.
"We have two months more; and there's time for ever so much to happen, between now and then." But the two months hurried past them, and, before any one realized it, the Burnams were on the eve of their departure.
Society in Blue Creek was by no means as simple as a stranger might have been led to expect. During the winter months, there were few evenings that were not given up to some entertainment; and the little set to which the Burnams and Fishers and Everetts belonged were the gayest of the gay, with dinner parties and impromptu dances following one another in rapid succession.
She started up, and her accents betrayed terror and anguish, "I do not want them; I cannot bear to see them; they do not belong to me; they belong to them." "To them? Whom do you mean by them?" queried Mr. Gryce, insinuatingly. "The the Van Burnams. Is not that the name? Oh, do not make me talk; I am so weak! Only take the rings back." "I will, child, I will." Mr.
By seven o'clock the Burnams, too, were stirring; and soon afterwards Allie and the boys appeared in the dining-room at the Everetts', to exchange noisy congratulations over the fine weather. The day had at length come when they were to start upon their long-delayed camping trip.
He had complained of being cold, in the morning; and, instead of going to Mr. Nelson's as usual, he had lain on the sofa all day long, too miserable even to go with Grant to the Burnams', where the boys had been asked to spend the afternoon and dine. For the past day or two, Mr.
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