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Turning to his wife, who had said nothing, he remarked, "It's very good of them to come in on us like this, isn't it, Irene?" Mrs. Darnell started and mumbled: "Yes, I am sure!" His manners to his wife were always perfect, deferential, why should she shrink before him? Isabelle wondered.... Dinner, plentiful and appetizing, was finally provided by the one negro woman.
But Tom Darnell was so interesting, his wife urged, and she was presentable. And the Falkners? There was no special reason for having them, but Isabelle thought it might be a good thing for Rob to meet some influential people, and Bessie would surely amuse the men. Isabelle's executive energy was thoroughly aroused. The flowers and the wines were ordered from St.
These two deaths so unlike, the tragic end of Darnell and her brother's sudden removal, sank deep into her, sounding to her in the midst of her own childish preoccupation with her own life, the intricacy, the mystery of all existence. Life was larger than a private garden hedged with personal ambitions. She was the instrument of forces outside her being.
"Darnell is an awful fool," Lane commented. "If he can't hold on to himself any better than he did to-night, he won't get far." "Did you know that he had resigned?" "No, it's just as well he has. I don't think the A. and P. would have much use for him. He's headed the wrong way;" and he added with hardly a pause, "I think we had better cut the Darnells out, Isabelle. They are not our sort."
She wished that John had not been so anxious to be off, and she did not repeat to him Darnell's talk, as she usually did every small item. All that she said was, after a time of reflection, "He is not a happy man." "Who?" "Mr. Darnell." "From what I hear he is in a bad way. It is his own fault. He has plenty of ability, a splendid chance." She felt that this was an entirely inadequate judgment.
"She told me all about his marriage, how he ran away with his wife from a boarding-school in Kentucky and was chased by her father and brothers, and they fired at him. A regular Southern scrimmage! But they got across the river and were married." "Sounds like Darnell," Lane remarked contemptuously. "It sounds exciting!" his wife said. The story, as related by the vivacious Mrs.
Wherever a Darnell caught a Watson, or a Watson caught a Darnell, one of 'em was going to get hurt only question was, which of them got the drop on the other. They'd shoot one another down, right in the presence of the family. They didn't hunt for each other, but when they happened to meet, they puffed and begun. Men would shoot boys, boys would shoot men.
"Unity of Purpose Unity of Souls," Tom Darnell announced in his oratorical voice, with an earnestness that made the party self-conscious. His wife said nothing, and Falkner summed up cynically: "You've won, Lane! The American husband must be a good provider, but it doesn't follow that the wife must be a good cook. "Here's to the Falkner household, the perfect example!"
Darnell tried to talk to Lane, but to Isabelle's surprise her husband was at a disadvantage: the two men could not find common ground. Then Darnell and Falkner quoted poetry, and Isabelle listened. It was all very different from anything she knew. While the others waited for their coffee, Darnell showed her the old orchard, "to smell the first blossoms."
As a result, "Late Love" was a hit play. Miss Darnell was under the impression she had been learning the part for a week although only about 48 hours were involved and these hours were not continuous. After her first performance, she said: "I never felt so secure about playing a role in my life. Hypnosis helped me feel the part completely."
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