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And at last she sent him away. And when he had gone she sat there a long time and thought about him. There had been a look in his eyes which made her almost sorry. It seemed incredible as she came to think of it that anybody should ever be sorry for Georgie. Since that night with Becky in the garden at Huntersfield George had been torn by conflicting emotions. He knew himself at last in love.
There came to Huntersfield the next morning at about the same moment, Kemp in his little car with a small parcel for Becky, and Calvin with a big box from the express office. Becky was in her room at breakfast when Calvin brought the boxes up to her. It was a sunshiny morning, and the Judge had gone a-fishing with Mr. Flippin.
It was while she was reading Truxton's letter that the Flippins came by Mr. Flippin and his wife, Mary, and little Fidelity. A slender mulatto woman followed with a basket. The Flippins were one of the "second families." Between them and the Paines of King's Crest and the Bannisters of Huntersfield stretched a deep chasm of social prejudice.
The light of his motor flashed down the hills like a falling star. "I wonder what made the dogs bark," the Judge said as they went in. "They probably thought it was morning," was Mrs. Beaufort's retort, as she preceded Becky up the stairs. The dogs had barked because Randy after a quick drive home had walked back to Huntersfield.
"I would have married him, Dad, if if I had had to tramp the road." Truxton came on the noon train. He drove at once to Huntersfield with his mother, was embraced by the Judge, kissed Becky, and suddenly disappeared. "Where's he gone?" the Judge asked, irritably. "Where has he gone, Claudia?" "He will be back in time for lunch," said Mrs. Beaufort. "May I speak to you in the library, Father?"
The boarders had gone from King's Crest, and he and the Major had moved into the big house. Randy spent a good deal of time in the Judge's library at Huntersfield. He and Truxton had great plans for their future. They read law, sold cars, and talked of their partnership. The firm was to be "Bannister, Paine and Beaufort"; it was to have brains, conscience, and business acumen.
"I know," said Mary, with the sudden realization of how her act had affected others, "I know. That's the only thing I am sorry about. But I don't believe the Judge would be so silly as to let anything I did make any difference about you " "Where are you going to live?" For the first time Mary's air of assurance left her. "He is hoping his grandfather will want us at Huntersfield "
I think this place is heavenly." Mary laughed. "It is just a plain farmhouse. If you want the show places you should go to Huntersfield and King's Crest " "I want just this. Do you know I am almost afraid to go to sleep for fear I shall wake up and find it a dream " A little later, she asked, "Are those apples in the orchard ripe?" "Yes." "May I have one?"
The old man looked up at her. "It is hardest for you, my dear. And I have helped to make it hard." He reached out his hand to her. She took it. "He is my son and I love him " "And I love you, Claudia." "May I get the blue room ready?" The blue room was the bridal chamber at Huntersfield; kept rather sacredly at other times for formal purposes. "Do as you please. The house is yours, my dear."
Night after night he had ridden towards Huntersfield, only to turn back before he reached the lower gate. Once he had ventured on foot as far as the garden, and in the hush had called softly, "Becky." But no one had answered. He wondered what he would have done if Becky had responded to his call.
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