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Mavick's reputation for knowing the inside of everything and being close-mouthed actually brought him confidences; that which at first was a clever assumption became a reality, and his reputation was so established for being behind the scenes that he was not believed when he honestly professed ignorance of anything. His modest disclaimer merely increased the impression that he was deep.
"Evelyn, you are a fool!" And perhaps she was, with such preposterous notions of what is really valuable in life. There could be no doubt of it from Mrs. Mavick's point of view. If Evelyn's conduct exasperated her, the non-appearance of Lord Montague after the publication of the news seriously alarmed her.
"Yes to attend a charity performance for the benefit of the Female Waifs' Refuge. She is to dance." "Who? Mrs. Brown?" Edith paid no attention to this impertinence. "They are to make an artificial evening at eleven o'clock in the morning." "They must have got hold of Mavick's notion that this dance is religious in its origin. Do you, know if the exercises will open with prayer?" "Nonsense, Jack.
Her eyes blazed with a wrath new to their tenderness, and, stepping back and stamping her foot; she cried out: "She shall not go! It is unjust! It is cruel!" Her mother had never seen her child like that. She was revealing a spirit of resistance, a temper, an independence quite unexpected. And yet it was not altogether displeasing. Mrs. Mavick's respect for her involuntarily rose.
His selfishness was boneless. It was not by any means negative, for no part of his amiable nature was better developed than regard for his own care and comfort; but it was not strong enough to give him Henderson's capacity for hard work and even self-denial, nor Mavick's cool, persevering skill in making a way for himself in the world. Why was not Edith his confidante?
The fact was that Mavick's connection with Henderson was an appreciable addition to his income, and it was not a bad thing for Henderson.
"How lucky!" Mrs. Mavick had an eye for a fine young fellow she never denied that and Philip's manly figure and easy air were not lost on her. Presently she said: "We are here for a good part of the summer. Mr. Mavick's business keeps him in the city and we have to poke about a good deal alone. Now, Miss Alice, I am so glad I have met your cousin.
Nor did it understand that Carmen was the more venturesome gambler of the two, and that gradually, for the success of promising schemes, she had thrown one thing after another into the common speculation, until practically all the property stood in Mavick's name. Was she a fool in this, as so many women are about their separate property, or was she cheated?
Mavick arose when his visitor stood at his desk, buttoned up his frock-coat, and extended his hand with a show of business cordiality, and motioned him to a chair. Philip was greatly shocked at the change in Mr. Mavick's appearance. "I beg your pardon," he said, "for disturbing you in business hours." "No disturbance," he answered, with something of the old cynical smile on his lips.
Mavick on the occasion of her second marriage, oh, no, but somehow it seemed to her, in all her vast possessions left to her by Henderson, the only real estate she had. It was the only thing that had not passed into the absolute possession and control of Mavick. The great town house, with all the rest, stood in Mavick's name.
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