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Not until the next evening, however, did he have an opportunity for what he called a real talk with any of his friends; then, in Calderwell's room, he settled back in his chair with a sigh of content. For a time his own and Calderwell's affairs occupied their attention; then, after a short pause, the tenor asked abruptly: "Is there anything wrong with the Henshaws, Calderwell?"
But I heard nothing of any engagement." "How about the Henshaws? I should think there might be a chance there for a romance a charming girl, and three unattached men." Calderwell gave a slow shake of the head. "I don't think so. William is let me see nearly forty-five, I guess, by this time; and he isn't a marrying man. He buried his heart with his wife and baby years ago.
She is musical, and the Henshaws are good enough to ask us there often together. You will meet her, doubtless, now, yourself. She is frequently at the Henshaw home." "Hm-m." Calderwell still eyed his host shrewdly. "Then you'll give me a clear field, eh?" "Certainly." Arkwright's eyes met his friend's gaze without swerving. "All right.
So you see she'd take you, without a doubt. Jove! what a pair you'd make: Miss Billy and Mr. Mary Jane! You'd drive the suffragettes into conniption fits just by the sound of you!" Arkwright laughed quietly; then he frowned. "But how about it?" he asked. "I thought she was keeping house with Aunt Hannah. Didn't she stay at all with the Henshaws?" "Oh, yes, a few months.
"With never a suspicion." "Gorry!" "Well, 'he' came, and 'she' conquered. I guess things were lively for a while, though. Oh, there was a kitten, too, I believe, 'Spunk, who added to the gayety of nations." "But what did the Henshaws do?"
The whole object of what I have done for you has been to set you free, as free as though you had woke up to find the episode of these Henshaws had been no more than a horrible dream. You must be free, you must realize and enjoy your freedom. You are now relieved from the crushing weight you have borne so long; the release must be untouched by the shadow of a bargain expressed or implied.
I saw the peril in the situation. "The long rivalry between the houses of Henshaw an' Pettigrew, reinforced by that of the young men, was nearing its climax. "'See me go by that old soap-box o' the Henshaws', says Dan, as he pulled out to pass 'em. "Then Dan an' Aleck began a duel with automobiles. Each had a forty-horse-power engine in his hands, with which he was resolved to humble the other.
And Billy waited and she saw. Billy began to see, in fact, before Class Day. Young Hartwell was a popular fellow, and he was eager to have his friends meet Billy and the Henshaws. By the time the day itself arrived Billy was almost as excited as was young Hartwell himself. It rained Class-Day morning, but at nine o'clock the sun came out and drove the clouds away, much to every one's delight.
"We must think." Unattached gentlewomen of suitable age and desirable temper did not prove to be so numerous among the Henshaws' acquaintances, however, as to make the selection of a chaperon very easy.
Every few days there was an inundation of different cousins who lived but a few miles distant; and then there was so much shaking of great rough hands, as I was presented so many comments on my appearance, and comparison of each separate feature with each of my parents that I grew almost afraid to look up under the many eyes that were bent upon me to detect resemblances to the Henshaws, Chesburys, or Farringtons which last was my mother's maiden name.
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