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She rather carelessly indicated a seat to Mrs. Keith, and remarked to Keith that he was to sit next herself. Otherwise the party distributed itself. Ben Sansome promptly annexed the chair next to Nan, and started in to make himself agreeable. A complete freemasonry obtained among all the party. There was a great deal of shouting back and forth, from one end of the table to the other.
She telephoned to de Spain's office from the hospital and went to breakfast. De Spain joined her before she had finished, and when they left the dining-room she explained why she had disappointed him the day before. He heard the story with misgivings. "I'll tell you how it looks to me, Nan," he said when she had done. "You are like a person that's being bound tighter every day by invisible cords.
At supper they had a beautiful time, the lights soft, the fire purring, and the shades up so that the cold austerities of night could look in without getting them. Nan had done a foolish thing, one of those for which women can give no reason, for usually they do not know which one it is out of the braided strands of all the reasons that make emotion.
"Now! just for that," Nan declared, pretending to be angry, "I won't tell you yet what we were talking about." "You and Walter?" "Walter and I yes." "Secrets from your chum, Nan! You're always having something on the side that you don't tell me," pouted Bess. "Nonsense! Don't you know Christmas is coming and everybody has secrets this time of year?"
"Do you think you will be happy with him? We live a very simple country existence here, you know." To Nan, the use of the word "we" sounded rather as though she were proposing to marry the family. "Oh, I like country life very much," she replied. "After all, you can always vary the monotony by running up to town or going abroad, can't you?" "I don't think Roger cares much for travelling about.
"Yo' all has me worried!" "Well, you don't need to worry, Sam," said Mrs. Bobbsey kindly. "It isn't your fault. I know you put the robe in the auto, for I saw it when we started. But when I wanted it to wrap around Mr. Bobbsey, after his coat was taken, and it was cool riding home, the robe was gone." "Stolen, Mother, do you think?" asked Nan. "I wouldn't say that.
Nan saw her father still standing at the door with smiling countenance, and the moonlight falling like a benediction on his silver hair. "Betsey shall go up the hill with you, my dear, and here's a basket of eggs for your father. Give him my love, and be sure you let me know the next time he is poorly," Mrs. Lord said, when her guest rose to depart, after an hour of pleasant chat.
At the office all the morning, at noon dined at home, and then my wife, and Deb., and I to the King's playhouse, and saw "The Indian Queene," but do not doat upon Nan Marshall's acting therein, as the world talks of her excellence therein. So home and to my business, and to bed.
When the fever abated, Nan fell into such prostration of strength that it was difficult to believe she would ever rise from her bed again. Weaker than a baby, she could move neither hand nor foot: she had to be fed like an infant, at intervals of a few minutes, lest the flame of life, which had sunk so low, should suddenly go out altogether.
"Not much. I don't just see which way to go, and I guess we'd better call." So they both shouted till they were hoarse, yet nothing answered but the frogs in full chorus. "There is another tall tree over there, perhaps that's the one," said Nan, whose heart sunk within her, though she still spoke bravely.
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