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He followed her heavily, his eyes brimming laughter and delight. A few minutes later Silver joined Monkey Brand in the loose-box. "Good little try-on, sir," said the jockey busily. "Funny smelling stuff though." Removing a rug, he produced a bucket hidden beneath and held it to the other's nose. "Chuck it down the drain," said the young man. "'Alf a mo, sir," protested Monkey Brand.
Harboro looked at Sylvia inquiringly. "For the try-on," she explained. "Yes, I'll be here." She went out, Harboro holding the door open for her. Out on the sidewalk she almost collided with a heavy man, an American a gross, blond, good-natured creature who suddenly smiled with extreme gratification. "Hello! Sylvia!" he cried. He seized her by the hand and drew her close.
"Marrying!" cried Susan, again quite honestly. "Why, I'm only seventeen." Ruth drew a breath of relief. The shaft had glanced off the armor of innocence without making the faintest dent. She rushed into the house. She did not dare trust herself with her cousin. What might the demon within her tempt her to say next? "Come up, Ruth!" called her mother. "The dress is ready for the last try-on.
Those things are noticed so much. And now, good-bye, my dear. I don't suppose I shall see you again between this, and Tuesday. Miss Mallow will come to you to try-on the day after to-morrow at one o'clock, remember; be sure you are at home. She will have hard work to get your things ready in time; but I shall look in upon her once or twice, to keep her up to the mark.
Patsy did not care to talk about anything but the Valleys. She rejected topic after topic and returned to the Free Trade, the "running" of cargoes, the lads who had beaten the press-gang, and their chief, Stair Garland. Kennedy tried her once or twice on the subject of her marriage, and even slily addressed her once or twice as "Princess." This last "try-on" was successful, for Patsy burst forth.
"I thought," said Hilda, with all possible prim worldliness, "I thought I heard him saying something about buying the property?" Mrs. Lessways laughed, sceptically, confidently, as one who could not be deceived. "Pooh!" she said. "That was only a try-on. That was only so that he could begin his palaver! Don't tell me!
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