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She dreaded meeting him again, and as the end of her trip drew near her dread increased. Nor did Mrs. Duff Charrington, who had become warmly interested in the girl during the short voyage, fail to observe her uneasiness and to guess the cause. Foremost among the crowd awaiting them at the dock, Iola detected Barney. "There he is," she cried under her breath. "My dear," said Mrs.
I'll simply blubber right out when I see him. You know I'm awfully fond of the old boy." "I say, Charrington, I've got it! Take my aunt with you." Jack gasped. "By Jove! The very thing! It's rough on her, but she's the saintly kind that delights to bear other people's burdens."
And then there is the Civil Service Examination." "Oh, we need not trouble our heads about that for another eighteen months." "You think not?" still more anxiously. "Both Mr. Charrington and Mr. Carlyon tell me that it is a terribly hard examination." "Well, it is pretty stiff, of course, and Cedric will have to work hard. You must give him his head for the present, Miss Templeton," he continued.
Duff Charrington was touched. She leaned over the carriage door toward him. "Mr. Boyle, I am taking Miss Lane home to dinner. Come with us." Barney felt the kindly tone. "Thank you, Mrs. Charrington, it would give none of us pleasure, and I have much to do. I am leaving to-morrow for Baltimore." Iola could not check a quick gasp. Mrs. Duff Charrington glanced at her white face.
"I am really a little uncertain at present," replied Iola. "Oh, you must, you know! Mrs. Duff Charrington will be awfully cut up, not to speak of Bulling. He had no end of trouble to bring it off." "You mean, to persuade Mrs. Duff Charrington to invite me?" "Oh, well," said the doctor, plunging wildly, "I wouldn't put it that way.
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