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Liakos with eyes full of mocking surprise. "Mr. Plateas!" she cried, and began to laugh heartily. The judge had never seen her so merry. "I don't see what you find to laugh at," he said, with dignity. "You must forgive me," she replied, trying to stifle her merriment. "Pray forgive me if I have hurt you through your friend, but I can't imagine Mr. Plateas in love."
Plateas clapped his hand to his forehead. "Where were my wits!" he cried. "Excuse me, my dear friend; but seeing only their backs, as I did a moment ago, I couldn't tell one from the other; and I had forgotten that the elder sister's face would scarcely inspire love. But the younger SHE is charming!" The judge listened without reply.
The old father trembled with joy. When the two brothers-in-law were alone, each saw his own happiness reflected in the other's face. "Well, did I exaggerate when I sang your wife's praises?" asked Mr. Liakos. "She's a treasure, my dear friend!" cried Mr. Plateas, "a perfect treasure! In a few months," he went on, "I shall have a new favor to ask of you.
Plateas remembered, first that his dinner was waiting for him at home, and next that his friend was in the habit of dining at a certain restaurant behind the square; and wending his way there, he met the judge at the door. "Oh, my dear friend!" he exclaimed. "My dear friend!" "What's the matter? What has happened to you?" asked Mr. Liakos, anxiously. "What has happened to me?
But it was not this so much that the old gentleman had in mind, as he said to himself, "What, he too!" "I am greatly honored by your proposal," he said to Mr. Plateas; "but my little girl is too young, and I have not thought of marriage for her yet." "What little girl?
The offer itself was not so astonishing, for the beauty of his younger daughter had often obliged the father to refuse proposals of this kind; but he had never been addressed quite so brusquely before. Moreover, of all the suitors who had thus far presented themselves, Mr. Plateas seemed the least eligible in point of age and other respects.
By the light of a street lamp the judge saw at once from the expression of the suitor's face that the visit had been a complete success. The professor looked like another man. "Well?" asked Mr. Liakos, eagerly. "I tell you, she isn't plain at all!" exclaimed Mr. Plateas. "When she speaks her voice is like music, and she has a charming expression! As for her little hand, it's simply exquisite!"
All this passed vaguely through his mind while he stood staring at Mr. Plateas, unable to find an answer to this unexpected question. The professor continued with energy: "Listen, Liakos. I owe you my life; it belongs to you.
"Awe-inspiring! What long words you use! You'll be giving me one of your friend's quotations from Homer next." "Listen," he said, changing his manner. "At first I looked at it just as you do; but the more I thought it over, the more clearly I saw that I was wrong. Mr. Plateas has all the qualities that go to make a good husband. He will be ridiculous as a lover, I must admit.
Plateas would have been drowned, and this history unwritten. It happened in this wise. The professor was not an expert swimmer, but he could keep above water, and was particularly fond of floating. One summer day as he lay on the surface of the tepid sea quite unconcernedly, the sense of comfort led to a slight somnolence.
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