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Instead of planning, however, and marshalling our resources, Hildreth and I abandoned ourselves to the mutual happiness and endearments of two love-drunk, emotion-crazed beings on a honeymoon.... The bell rang. In walked Darrie. "Well, Darrie!" and Hildreth embraced her friend. And I was glad to see her, too.
"Yes," answered Hildreth, in a simple tone, "I will feel quite safe there ... Johnnie's tent is only a few yards away." Hildreth and Darrie kissed each other on the mouth tenderly. "Good night, Johnnie " and impulsively Darrie stepped up to me, took me by the two shoulders, and kissed me also a kind sisterly kiss.... I responded, abashed and awkward.
And it was our custom, when together, Ruth and I, to hold long discussions concerning the methods and technique of the English poets, especially the earlier ones. This morning Baxter's secretary rose and left part of her breakfast uneaten, hurrying into the house as if to avoid something which she had seen and dreaded. I ate a long time, dreaming. Darrie came out, followed immediately by Daniel.
"No matter you're a grown-up man who, as far as knowledge of women is concerned, has the heart of a baby," observed Hildreth. "in these days of sex-sophistication a fine thing!" cried Ruth. "Yes, when out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come quotations from Havelock Ellis and Ellen Key!" cried Darrie. "Good! Darrie, good!" Hildreth applauded....
It was so cosy. Darrie and Hildreth joined in cleaning the house that afternoon. But a bomb was to be hurled among us. At twelve o'clock of the next day the 'phone rang. Darrie answered it. After a few words she came for me, her face as white as a sheet.... "My God, Penton is in town!" " this is only Thursday ... he was not coming till Saturday!" I exclaimed, full of forboding.
We sallied forth at the front door, Darrie to go to the Martha Washington. "I don't want to be mixed up in the coming uproar and scandal," she exclaimed ... "so far, I'm clear of all blame, and I know only too well what the papers would insinuate." Hildreth and I took train for New Jersey ... two tickets for anywhere ... in our excited condition we ran off first to Elizabeth.
"After a pause in the dark. "Tell me, was he ... was Mubby.. back there, in our former life?" "O yes, he was there." "And Darrie, too?" "Yes, Darrie, too!" "If my name was Naa and your name was Kaa, what were their names?" "Mubby was named Baa and Darrie was Blaa!" This convulsed Hildreth. "You great, big, sweet fool of a poet, I do love you, I really do!"
I sauntered up to the news stand, took my Times ... hesitated, and then tried the bluff Darrie had suggested: "Jim," I began, to the newsdealer, who had been enough my friend for us to speak to each other by our first names, "Jim, I hear the boys are planning a little party up my way to-night!"
Darrie, who had been to town the week before, had come back with a report of Penton's unhappiness, his belated acknowledgment that he was still, in spite of his battle against the feeling, deeply in love with his discarded wife.
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