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I waited till he was so near, and said, "Mr. Langenau." He raised his eyes steadily to mine and bowed low. I almost choked for one instant, and then I found voice and rushed on vehemently. "What she has told you is false; every word of it is false. I am not engaged to Richard Vandermarck; I never thought of such a thing till I came here, and found they talked about it.
"I don't think he is in the least like Uncle Leonard, and I don't think he cares at all for money." "O, Miss Pauline, don't you believe him if he says he doesn't. I'm his younger brother, whom he has lectured and been hard on for these twenty-seven years, and I know more about it than anybody else." "Why, is Mr. Richard Vandermarck twenty-seven years old?" I said with much surprise.
Vandermarck, then hurried off with Ann. Mr. Vandermarck returned to me, but I was so engrossed looking over the side of the boat and watching for Ann and the clerk, that I took no notice of him. At last I saw Ann scramble on the wharf, just before the plank was drawn in; with a sigh of relief I turned away. "I want to apologize for being so late," he said.
And Richard was now a man of wealth, so much so that people talked about him; and the newspapers said, in talking about real-estate, or investments, or institutions of charity "When such men as Richard Vandermarck allow their names to appear, we may be sure," etc., etc. He was now the head of the firm, and one of the first business men of the city.
"Well, I heard some news to-day." "Ah!" "Yes: Kilian Vandermarck was married yesterday." "Yesterday! how odd. And pray, who has he married? Not Mary Leighton, I should hope." "Leighton. Yes, that's the name. No money, and a little passé. Everybody wonders." "Well, he deserves it. That is even-handed justice, I'm not sorry for him. He's been trifling all his days, and now he's got his punishment.
Pauline and Richard Vandermarck; you know it is quite a settled thing. And very good for her, I think. He seems to me just the sort of man to keep her steady and well, improve her character, you know. She seems such a heedless sort of girl. They say her mother ran away and made some horrid marriage, and, I believe, her uncle has had to keep her very strict.
"How odd it seems to be in town and have nobody know it," I said, thinking, with a little quiet satisfaction, how pleased several people I could name would be, if they only knew we were so near them. "Nobody but Mr. Vandermarck, I suppose," said Mrs. Throckmorton. "Not even he," I answered, "for he can't have got my letter yet; it was only mailed the day we started.
The three hours of our sail passed away pleasantly. Mr. Vandermarck did not move from his seat; did not even read his paper, though I gave him an opportunity by turning over the leaves of my "Littel" on the occurrence of every pause. I felt that I knew him quite well before the journey was over, and I liked him exceedingly, almost as well as Richard.
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