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But the moment he saw Dulcibel weeping, with Herrick's grasp upon her arm, his whole demeanor changed.
Some woman's hand must have curled it and tied the wide limp bows of her sunbonnet under the sharp little chin. Neither of them seemed to notice Malcolm Herrick's scrutiny, they were so absorbed by the pigeons; but the scanty supply of corn had soon been scattered, and the guests were flying off by twos and threes. "Oh see, dad!" exclaimed the child in her shrill little voice.
Obviously she was in no fit state to inflict her company on other people, so, in the afternoon, after settling her comfortably with a new novel and a box of cigarettes at her bedside, Sara took her solitary way to Rose Cottage. There she found Garth Trent, sitting beside Herrick's couch and deep in an enthusiastic discussion of amateur photography.
The Squire, however, exclaimed against having anything on Christmas eve but good old English; upon which the young minstrel, casting up his eye for a moment, as if in an effort of memory, struck into another strain, and, with a charming air of gallantry, gave Herrick's "Night-Piece to Julia:"
But it was Audrey Maynard who plumbed the full depths of bitterness in Herrick's heart. She had been teaching him to knit, and he was floundering through the intricacies of turning his first heel when one day he surprised her by hurling the sock, needles and all, to the other end of the room. "There's work for a man when his country's at war! My God!
I like many writers for many reasons Carlyle for his ruggedness and scorn of shams; Wordsworth, who teaches the oneness of man and nature; I find an exquisite pleasure in the oddities and surprises of Hood, in Herrick's quaintness and the palpable scent of lily and rose in his verses; I like Whittier for his enthusiasms and moral rectitude.
The next thing to do was to collect her soaked clothes, and in spite of Herrick's protests that Mrs. Swastika would see to their safe return she crammed them ruthlessly into the suit-case before going out to the waiting motor. As she shook hands with Herrick, after thanking him very prettily for his kindness, Toni ventured a shy invitation. "Will you come to see us at Greenriver, Mr. Herrick?
"Come along, Jim; the luggage can come on later." And in less than five minutes the matter was arranged. Herrick elected to sit beside the chauffeur, so that Toni and her new acquaintance sat together in the body of the car. Mrs. Herrick's large and rather new-looking dressing-bag on the floor at their feet.
I will write you shall not be kept in suspense an hour longer than I can help; and you may depend on me that I will do my utmost to break off this wretched engagement." "I trust you implicitly," returned Dinah gravely. "You will forgive me if I cannot thank you properly to-night." "You need not move, Die; I will light Mr. Herrick's lantern for him" Elizabeth spoke in her old natural way.
"He bids you to look out no tricks." Huish walked briskly up the pier, and paused face to face with the young man. "W'ere is 'e?" said he, and to Herrick's surprise, the low-bred, insignificant face before him flushed suddenly crimson and went white again. "Right forward," said Herrick, pointing. "Now, your hands above your head."
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