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Loveday, ready with suit-case packed, was eagerly expecting them. From the window of her aunt's drawing-room she watched the big six-seater car arrive at the door. Giles a masculine edition of Diana, in spectacles was driving. Lenox a beaming khaki-clad figure with twinkle-some brown eyes sat by his side. Mr. and Mrs. Hewlitt and Diana were in the rear seat.
Reverently he raised the volume from his knees and unwrapped it, and the Ladies' Foreign Mission Society leaned forward with one accord to catch a glimpse of the title. Eliph' Hewlitt opened the book and flipped over the pages rapidly with the moistened tip of his third finger. "It was this book, ladies and gents, and it was open here, page 742.
It was still too early in the morning for Eliph' Hewlitt to call on Miss Sally, and there was no haste; the day was long. He even doubted whether it would be good policy to call on her in the morning; he might find her busy with household cares. Probably it would be best to wait for the afternoon, when she would be at leisure. This, he decided would be best.
Eliph' Hewlitt stared at the Colonel, but he said nothing. He blamed himself; he had wasted his opportunity. This was what came of being slow! He should have completed his courtship at the picnic, or last night at the sale. Jim Wilkins interrupted the thought. "Leastways," he said, "HE'LL get her if Skinner don't. It's a close run between him an' Skinner.
She smiled kindly and extended her hand. "Won't you come in?" she asked. "I don't seem to remember your face, but we would be glad to have you join us." Eliph' Hewlitt shook his head. "No'm," he said sadly. "I'd better not come in. Not that I don't want to, but I wouldn't be welcome.
"Hewlitt," he said, "when you told Doc about the fire-extinguishers did you tell him they were lung-testers?" The little book agent stared at the editor. "I never told," he exclaimed. "I have never said a word to Doc Weaver, nor to anyone about them. Not a word.
Lenox's leave was nearly over; Giles would be due in London next week; and Mr. Hewlitt's business in Paris was not yet concluded. After another day's enjoyment they parted at Cheltenham, and sent the girls back to school by train. "We shan't forget you, dear," said Mrs. Hewlitt to Loveday, as she saw them off. "You must come and see us again some time perhaps in America.
She laid before him all she knew of the affair of the fire-extinguishers, of the horror of the threatened legal attack on Miss Sally, and the disgrace that would overwhelm her should T. J. Jones publish an article mentioning her name. Eliph' Hewlitt must prevent the publication of the article; he must save Miss Sally. The book agent was willing.
When Eliph' Hewlitt, sad at heart, departed from his disastrous interview with Miss Sally, he felt, for the first time in his life, a doubt as to the infallibility of Jarby's Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium of Literature, Science and Art. Here was a book he had praised, sold and believed, and it had failed him.
"He stopped and looked doubtful and perplexed, and scratched his ear with his forepaw. "'My name is he says, and stops, and then he turns to the elderly female, and asks desperate: 'What in tunket did I say my name was? "'Hewlitt, she says, 'Eliph' Hewlitt. "'Oh, yes! says Sammy, 'that's it. I guess I'll just write that down, so as to have it handy.
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