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Such words, coming from those girlishly rosy lips, with the dimples dodging in and out of his pink cheeks, had an odd effect of unreality. But Pink plainly was in earnest. His eyes behind the dancing light of harmless deviltry, were pleading and wistful as a child. "You're it!" said Chip relievedly. "You can go right to work.
He heard his aunt and sister come out of the house. "Asleep!" whispered the older woman in a glad tone. "I'll go for a walk," Constance added, tip-toeing away. "Have the milk and egg ready when he wakes, auntie. Did you ever see such a day? I feel as if I had just been made, and placed in a world that hadn't been used up by millions of people." They were gone, and Drew sighed relievedly.
She started off again, and Bud followed her, his gloved fingers touching the right wall, his soul humbled before the greatness of this little woman with the deep, troubled eyes. When they came out into the starlight she stopped and listened for what seemed to Bud a very long time. "If they are coming, they are a long way behind us," she said relievedly, and remounted.
"You will play that what-d'-ye-call-it from Schumann I like so well. I shall want you to play that I want something in the way of memory to take back West with me. Good-by, then, till to-night." "Good-by. All right, James; home," said the girl. James relievedly touched his horses. The colonel remained standing at the curb till the victoria disappeared.
He had galvanized a few of the paper dolls into something a little resembling life, had put a dash of humour here and there and in some slight degree strengthened the plot. All this by putting in slips between the pages or by writing in the margin. But it was still a sorry story. He stood up, yawned relievedly and went to the window.
After luncheon, Cousin Jim with impulsive hospitality had carried her off to see the Big Town an expedition from which his wife relievedly withdrew and he had whirled Maria Angelina about in motors, plunged her into roaring subways, whisked her up dizzying elevators and brought her out upon unbelievable heights, all the time expounding and explaining with that passionate, possessive pride of the New Yorker by adoption, which left his young guest with the impression that he owned at least half the city and was personally responsible for the other half.
Irving was saying as the girls came to the door, then added relievedly as she caught sight of them: "For goodness' sake, get these young ruffians out of the kitchen, my dears, or we'll not have any breakfast until noon."
Ten thousand in sapphires you couldn't match in a hundred years, and Molly coming in banged up like a prize-fighter! . . . Someone at the door." It proved to be Crawford. "Glad you got back safely," he said relievedly. "Had her necklace stolen," replied Killigrew briefly. "You don't mean to say. . . ." Kitty recounted her amazing adventure. "And my wife's ruby is gone."
Who she was or whence she had come no longer excited his interest. He had the Calabrian's address and he was impatient to be off. "Good night." He rose. "Monsieur is not gallant." "I was in my youth," he replied, putting on his hat. The bald rudeness of his departure did not disturb her. She laughed softly and relievedly. Indeed, there was in the laughter an essence of mischief.
An old man Peter was when he went to his room that night, leaving Helen May dazed and exhausted after another evening spent in absorbing queer bits of information from the garrulous Johnny Calvert. She would be able to manage all right, now, Peter told her relievedly when Johnny left. She knew as much about the place as she could possibly know without having been there.
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