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Cliff's property, and what her particular friends had said, were matters which none of them wanted repeated, and when a citizen of Plainton did not wish anything repeated, it was not told to Miss Shott. But after Miss Shott had gone, there came in Mrs. Ferguson, a widow lady, and shortly afterwards, Miss Inchman, a middle-aged spinster, accompanied by Mrs. Wells and Mrs.
As to the other would-be heirs, they did not immediately turn upon Miss Inchman and rend her in revenge for the way in which she had tricked and frightened them, for there was no knowing what such a woman would do if she were exasperated, and not for the world would they have Mrs.
"What in the world can it be? If you are to speak, Susan, speak out at once! Let's have it!" "That's just what I'm going to do," said Miss Inchman. If Mrs. Cliff had looked around at the four heirs who were sitting upright in their chairs, gazing in horror at Miss Inchman, she would have been startled, and, perhaps, frightened. But she did not see them.
If any one of you, or all of you together, for that matter, have anything to say to me, all you had to do was to come and say it." "They didn't seem to think that way," said Miss Inchman. "They all thought that what was to be said would come better from me because I'd known you so long, and we had grown up together." "It must be something out of the common," said Mrs. Cliff.
But Miss Inchman spoke before any one else had a chance to do so. "You're right, Mrs. Cliff," said she, "we are considering something! We didn't come here on purpose to talk about it, but we happened in together, and so we thought we would talk it over. And we all came to the conclusion that it was something which ought to be mentioned to you, and I was asked to speak to you about it."
"Now, for Miss Inchman to go and open the subject in a gradual and friendly way would be the right and proper thing, no matter how you look at it, and it's my opinion that we who are now here should ask her to go and speak, not in our names perhaps, but out of good-will and kindness to us as well as to Mrs. Cliff." Mrs.
And whatever other people may say, I believe she will have money to leave." Miss Cushing hesitated for a moment, and then spoke up boldly. "It's my opinion," said she, "that Miss Inchman is the proper person to speak to Mrs. Cliff on this important subject.
This indicated a very gratifying gratitude upon which the two ladies, each for herself, had every right to build very favorable hopes. Miss Inchman and Mrs. Cliff had been school-fellows, and when they were both grown young women there had been a good deal of doubt which one of them William Cliff would marry.
Ferguson felt herself well enough to sit up and take a glass of water, with something stimulating in it, she was informed of the nature of the statements which had been finally made to Mrs. Cliff. "You know, of course," added Miss Cushing, still pale from unappeased rage, "that that Susan Inchman began as she did, just to spite us!" "It's just like her!" said Mrs. Archibald.
"And what has Mr. Ferguson to do with anything?" she asked. "Oh, it's the new cemetery I was going to talk to you about," said Miss Inchman. "It has been spoken of a good deal since you went away, and we all thought that if you'd agree to go into it " "Go into it!" cried Mrs. Cliff, in horror. "I mean, join with the people who are in favor of it," said Miss Inchman.
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