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Updated: June 6, 2025
"Why, maybe this very minute right now Chip's cracking his Thanksgiving dinner!" Terry laughed. "Same as we are! Maybe he's got to the nut cour oh, they're all nut courses! But maybe he's sittin' up to his table with the rest of the folks, thanksgiving to Heart's Delight," Silence said. Heart's Delight's little shy face nearly hid itself over her plate. This was dreadful!
But don't count on me too much. You spoke of a girl. I suppose I know who it is." "Probably. It is Marion Hayden. He is engaged to her." And again Audrey marveled at her poise, for Delight's little tragedy was clear by that time. Clear, and very sad. "I can't imagine his really being in love with her." "But he must be. They are engaged."
But if you are a kind, loyal little friend to her, she will soon learn to be the same to you." "But, Father, she wants me all to herself. She doesn't like to have me be friends with the other girls in Rockwell even." "That you mustn't stand. Just go on in your own way. Be friendly with whom you choose, but always be kind and considerate of Delight's feelings.
"Did your father never tell you anything, my dear, of his marriage?" went on Madam Lee in a tone that although firmer still trembled. "No." "Then I can tell you I, who drove your mother from my house when she refused to wed a man she did not love." Delight's great eyes widened with wonder. "Yes," went on the elder woman with impetuous haste, "look at me.
Many a time he longed to press his lips to the white arm, to kiss the warm curve of her neck where soft curls clustered. But he did none of these things. By a gentle reserve the girl kept him at his distance, and although there was only Jezebel to see, he did not transgress the bounds Delight's sweet womanliness reared between them. Of course she knew he loved her. She could not but know.
Marjorie exclaimed, as she finished a description of Delight's behavior on the straw-ride. "I think she's a little lady," said Mr. Maynard, with a twinkle of amusement in his eye, "and she was pretty well frightened by the noisy fun of the Rockwell young people."
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