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"Turn off the light," suggested David. "Oh, yes, Miss Landbury, turn it off, will you?" said Carol pleasantly. "Who, me?" came the startled voice. "Indeed I won't." "David, dearest," pleaded Carol weakly. "Go on parade in my pajamas, dear?" he questioned promptly.
"Oh, please," gasped Miss Landbury. "And leave us on this porch with nothing but screen around us?" exclaimed Carol. "I am surprised at you, David." David turned his face to the wall. "Well, make yourselves comfortable. Good night, girls." The girls stared at each other in the darkness, helplessly, resignedly. Wasn't that just like a man?
"What is the matter?" asked the nurse suspiciously, looking from one to another of the flushed faces and noting the restless hands and the fearful eyes. "Nothing, nothing at all, but my head aches and I feel lonesome." The nurse contracted her lips curiously. "Of course I will go," she said. "Let me come too," said Miss Landbury, rising with alacrity. "I have a headache myself."
You won't even have nerve enough to dream about 'em. Once there was a man " Carol deliberately removed Miss Landbury's arm from her waist, and climbed up on the bed beside David. Miss Landbury shuffled as close to the bed as propriety would at all admit, and clutched the blanket with desperate fingers.
Nevius, that isn't nice," protested Miss Landbury. "Lover said urgent business called him out of town. He would go to Precious. Glory was getting freakish, queer. Precious never had visions. She was not notionate. She just loved him and was content. So he went to her.
"It does not get us anywhere," he agreed; "but it gets me out of the difficulty very nicely." "I know a good ghost story myself," said Nevius. "It is a dandy. It will make your blood run cold. Once there was a " "I do not believe in telling ghost stories," said Miss Landbury.
Gooding would not hear of it. "Here I am and here I stay," he said with finality. "I've been seeing white shadows and feeling clammy fingers all night." "Well, what are you going to do? We've got a full house, you can see that." "Go and get your own mattress and blankets and use them on my bed," urged Carol. Miss Landbury turned on her side and closed her eyes.
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