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Suddenly his cheek grew rigid: some man, some beast, had my God! wronged Materna! It was the first really clear thought; instantly some other thought must have sprung up to meet it, for he said, under his breath, "No, because I didn't mean . . . it is different with us; quite different!" The thought, whatever it was, must have persisted, for it stung him into restless movement.
If you had had a different mother " Instantly he was ashamed of himself. "Materna! I am a brute to you," he said. He flung his arm around her, and pressed his face against hers; "I wish somebody would kick me. You made me wicked? You are the only thing that has kept me anyways straight! Mother I've been decent; your goodness has saved me from several things. I want you to know that.
When a girl's loyalty comes up against that, it hasn't much show; especially when nature is assisted by behavior like mine. Yes, I guess by this time she loves him. I'll never get her." "Oh, David," his mother said, tremulously, "if you could only meet some nice, sweet girl, and " "Nice girl?" he said, smiling. "They're scarce, Materna, they're scarce. But I mean to get married one of these days.
"Materna," he said hoarsely, "if she or I were to die to-night, I, at any rate, have had happiness enough in these few hours to have made it worth while to have lived." "Love doesn't mean just happiness," she said. David was silent for a moment; then he said, very gently, "You are thinking of of your little boy, who died?" "Yes; and of my marriage; it was not happy, David."
"Oh, well, I didn't mean to talk about it," he said, sighing; "I don't know what started me; and and I'm not howling, you know. I was only wondering whether you thought she had come to care for him?" "I don't know," she said, faintly. He snapped his knife shut. "Neither do I. But I guess she does. Nature is a big thing, Materna.
It is the only way to make him divorce her so we can be married." Again he stood still and stared blindly at the floor. That a man could live who would be base enough to take advantage of Materna!
"I think it would be worth while," Flora went on, "to have this old gentleman to dinner. When you get him upon Maubant or Mme. Materna he will talk for hours on end."
Richie told me only yesterday that she was going to a hotel," Elizabeth said; "she said she wasn't going to look for a house until the fall, because she will be at the seashore this summer. It certainly doesn't take a month to find a hotel." "Well, the fact is, there are reasons why it isn't pleasant for Materna to be in Mercer just now." "Not pleasant to be in Mercer! What on earth do you mean?"
For a moment he wished he had not undertaken to tell her; a letter would have been better. On paper, he could have reasoned it out calmly; now, her quivering face distressed him so that he hardly knew what he said. "Materna, I am awfully sorry to pain you! I do wish you would realize that things have to be this way." "What way?" "She and I have to be together," he said, simply. "She belongs to me.
"Elizabeth did exactly right to come down here to to consult me," David said; "but we won't talk about it now; it's too late, and you are too tired." Then turning to Elizabeth, he took her hand. "Won't you go up- stairs now? You are as tired as Materna! But she must have something to eat before she goes to bed." Still holding her hand, he opened the door for her. "You know the spare room?
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