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Wakeham was among them, his eyes fixed on me, watching me as boys watch a conjurer in the hope of finding out "how he does it." Later in the afternoon he slipped his arm through mine, and drew me away into an empty corner of the ground. "I say, Kelver," he broke out, the moment we were beyond hearing, "you really are funny!" It gave me no pleasure.
"She must be bankrupt from her last war." "But why all this excitement on the part of our German friends?" inquired Mrs. Wakeham. "What has Germany to do with Austria and Servia?" At this point Professor Schaefer and his friend re-entered the room ready for their departure. "I was just inquiring," said Mrs. Wakeham, "how this ultimatum of Austria's to Servia can affect Germany particularly."
Wakeham, you will get it for me, won't you, please? I will send a porter to help." "Gladly, Miss Brown. No, I mean with the deepest pain and regret," said Wakeham, going for the trunk while Larry accompanied her in quest of the minor impedimenta that constituted her own and her father's baggage. "Jane, have you any idea how glad I am to see you?" demanded Larry as they passed into the car.
"Jane's a wonder," confided Larry to Mr. Wakeham. "She sure is," said that young man. "You cannot slip anything past her, and she's got even that baggage man tamed and tied and ready to catch peanuts in his mouth. First time I have seen that done." "You just wait till she smiles her farewell at him," said Larry, hugely enjoying the prospect.
"They seem to be terribly excited, those Germans," said Miss Rowena. "They are," said Hugo; "I am glad I am not a German. To a German war is so much the biggest thing in life." "It is really too bad," said Mrs. Wakeham; "we shall not have the pleasure of Professor Schaefer's music. He plays quite exquisitely. You would all have greatly enjoyed it. Rowena, you might play something.
America could not forget the gallant Lafayette. Besides, France was the one European republic. As for Britain, the people of Chicago were content to maintain a profoundly neutral calm, and to a certain extent the Wakehams shared this feeling. In Larry's immediate circle, however, there were two exceptions. One, within the Wakeham family, was Elfie.
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