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But the Severances were not rich. They had about the same amount of money that old Lucius Quintus had left; but, just as the neighborhood seemed to have degenerated when in fact it had remained all but unchanged, so the Severence fortune seemed to have declined, altogether through changes of standard elsewhere.
Life is bearable, at the worst, for any of us in the routine. But when the crisis comes we need, not only all our own strength, but all we can rally to our support. I tell you, Miss Severence, Grant is one of the men that can be relied on. I despise his surface as I do yours. But it's because I see the man the manhood beneath that surface, that I love him.
"About your daughter," said Craig, still more curt and aggressive. "Mrs. Severence, your daughter ought to get married." Roxana Severence was so amazed that her mouth dropped open. "Married?" she echoed, as if her ears had deceived her. The colossal impudence of it! This young man, this extremely common young man, daring to talk to her about such a private matter!
"Sit down here beside Miss Severence," Grant said. "Yes, do," acquiesced Margaret; and Joshua thought her cold and haughty, an aristocrat of the unapproachable type, never natural and never permitting others to be natural. "And tell her all about yourself," continued Grant.
So he turned in the direction of the Severence house, walked at his usual tearing pace, arrived there somewhat wilted of collar and exceedingly dusty of shoe and trouser-leg. Greater physical contrast could hardly have been than that between him and Margaret, descending to him in the cool garden where he was mopping himself and dusting his shoes, all with the same handkerchief.
If she opposed the engagement he could hail her as an ally, could compel her to contribute to her own granddaughter's public humiliation. On the other hand, if she accepted the engagement he would have her and Margaret and all the proud Severence family in the position of humbly seeking alliance with him. Admirable! No wonder Branch was jealous and the President alarmed.
Severence is a very sweet and amiable LADY," said Grant coldly. "Pooh!" scoffed Craig. "She's a nothing a puff of wind a nit. Such as she, by the great gross, wouldn't count one." "I doubt if it would be wise politically, I mean for you to marry a woman of of the fashionable set." Grant spoke judicially, with constraint in his voice. "You're quite right there," answered Craig promptly.
Bowker announces the marriage of her grand-daughter, Margaret Severence, and Joshua Craig, of Wayne, Minnesota, and Washington, by the Reverend Doctor Scones, at the Waldorf, this morning. Only a few relatives and Mr. Craig's friend, Mr. Grant Arkwright, were present. The marriage occurred sooner than was expected, out of consideration for Mrs.
Come along!" Craig went, reluctantly, with several halts and backward glances at the old lady of the ebon staff. The house where the Severances lived, and had lived for half a century, was built by Lucius Quintus Severence, Alabama planter, suddenly and, for the antebellum days, notably rich through a cotton speculation.
Bring that sofa from the far corner to the other side of this window, and put the tea- table in front of it. Put two chairs where the sofa was; arrange the other chairs " And she indicated the places with her staff. While the room was still in confusion Mrs. Severence entered. "What is it, Mamma?" she asked. "Simply trying to make this frightful room a little less frightful."
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