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Moffatt is at his wits' end. Young Clyde Huntter is on the carpet just now. Think of that match! think of what it would mean to Moffatt! There are times when I regret the club and cliff-dwelling age where women are concerned." "Now, now, my dear friend, please remember my sex." Helen ran from Richard to Ledyard. "We're all fagged, and the June night is sultry.
I have important things to say to her, and " Priscilla's heart beat madly. She felt she was near a deeper tragedy than any that had ever entered her life. And just then, as the clock struck the half hour, came a tap on the door: "Come!" cried Huntter, in a tone of joy; "Come!" And in burst Margaret Moffatt!
Priscilla passed out, leaving the door between the rooms ajar, and lay down upon the couch. To Doctor Hapgood she was a machine merely; an easy-running one, a dependable one, but none the less a machine. To Huntter, shut away from society, gregarious, friendly, and kindly, she had meant much more.
If you stay another minute I'll regret it, and so will you." "Shall I shake your pillow before I go, Mr. Huntter?" "Yes. Thank you. You manage to shake more whim-whams out of the creases than you know." He stayed her by a wistful, longing, and half-boyish smile. "Say," he said, "you see you didn't run quick enough, and now I'm going to ask you something.
Priscilla's back was turned to Huntter; her face was quivering. "Negative virtues! Had I been a brute you would have gone. I might have had the night nurse for twenty-four hours. I dared not run the risk of letting you go." "I've come out pretty well in your estimation? That's a feather in my nice, white cap," she said. "I wonder why I care what you think of me?" "I do not know, Mr.
"And what good will that do?" A pitiful bitterness crept into Priscilla's voice; her lips quivered. "It is all Huntter! Huntter! All men! men! and there stands my dear alone! No one goes to her to let her choose; no one but me! Don't you see what I mean? Oh! my love, my love! My good, good man, can you leave her there in ignorance, all of you?
Then the matter would lie among men; men with the traditional viewpoint; men with much, much at stake. If Huntter has, as you say, taken the chance, in his love for Margaret and he does love her, poor devil! he will defend himself and his position." "How?" Priscilla was regaining her calm; she raised her head and faced Travers from the circle of his arms. "He will send Moffatt to to Hapgood."
Thorough old disciplinarian he! You must have been lonely. And you leave me next week? I want to thank you. I shall thank you ceremoniously every time you enter after this. You've been a good nurse and a good friend. I couldn't say more, now could I?" "No, Mr. Huntter. And you've been a very brave man! I know you will always be that, and make light of it.
It's bitter, but it is for the best. The medicine is in the pills; we might as well know." "See here, Margaret, I'm not going to use your father's weapons. I only ask you to wait! Do not break your engagement; let me see Huntter. Do not speak to him of this. I can explain, and " he paused "if the worse comes to the worst, the wedding can be postponed; then things can happen gradually."
Huntter is as fine a man, as upright a one, as I know, his ideals and and present life are above reproach. He is paying a bitter debt for youthful and ignorant folly. I believed this impossible, but so it is. I am thankful to say, however, that he has every reason to hope that the future, after this, is secure.
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