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Could it be true that Court, their peach of a Court, whose sneer and criticism alike had been dreaded by all who came beneath them could it be that so sensible and scholarly and sane a mind as Court's could take up with a superstition like that? For it was to Tennelly foolishness. He owned to a certain amount of interest in the emotional side of the sermon.
It'll be your fault if she has a future of shame, but it's up to you. Her mother's shame can't hurt her if you bring her up right. It's your job, and you can get a lot of comfort out of it if you try!" "I don't see how," dully. "Listen, Tennelly. Does she look like her mother?" Tennelly's sensitive face quivered with pain. "Yes," he said, huskily. "I'll send for her and you can see."
If the Presence had been in the church, with Tennelly by his side, he would have been sure it was not wholly a hallucination connected with his memory of Stephen.
Perhaps Tennelly had known all along, better than he! "And you will forgive her?" "I must!" said Tennelly, in desperation. "Court, my life is bound up in her!" "So I once thought!" Courtland was only musing out loud. Tennelly looked at him sadly. "She almost wrecked my soul!" went on Courtland. "I know," said Tennelly, in profound sorrow. "She told me." "She told you?"
And, anyway, it's always well to have more than one string to your bow!" growled Tennelly. Courtland in love! He wasn't exactly sure he liked it. Courtland and Gila! What kind of a girl was Gila, anyway? Was she good enough for Court? He must look into this. "Say, Bill, why don't you introduce me to your cousin?
By common consent they shunned the subject. It was too near the heart of each. Finally Pat discreetly took himself off, professedly in search of ice-water, as the cooler in the hall had for some reason run dry. He was gone some time. When he had left the room Tennelly sat up alertly. He had something to say to Courtland alone. It must be said now before Pat returned.
There were things about Tennelly's fortune and prospects that made him most desirable as a husband. Moreover, she felt that through marrying Tennelly she could the better hurt Courtland, the man whom she now hated with all her heart. They reached Beechwood at not too unearthly an hour.
Tennelly watched the people curiously as they went out: humble, common people, subdued, wistful, even tearful; some of them with illumined faces as if they had seen a great light in their darkness. When at last Courtland drifted down to the back of the church and reached Tennelly the two met with a look straight into each other's soul, while their hands gripped in the old brotherhood clasp.
I think it's about time I had a chance to judge for myself how things are getting on," growled Tennelly, presently. "Sure!" said Bill. "Good idea! Why didn't you mention it before? How about going now? It's only half past ten. Court didn't stay very late, did he? No, it isn't too late for Gila. She never goes to bed till midnight, not if there's anything interesting on. Wait.
You can take me to call on her, you know. Can you work it, Thomas?" Tennelly said he'd try, and went around to see Gila on his way back to the university. Gila listened to the story of Uncle Ramsey's offer with bated breath and averted gaze. She would not show Tennelly how much this meant to her. But in her eyes there grew a determination that was not to be denied.
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