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"She's as poor as a church mouse. I'll pay her well. She'll never miss it. What could she do with one twin, anyway?" A snort of rage from Jimmy did not disturb Zoie's enthusiasm. She proceeded to elaborate her plan. "I'll adopt them," she declared, "I'll leave them all Alfred's money. Think of Alfred having real live twins for keeps."
And you know how THAT always ends." "I never deceived my wife in all my life," declared Jimmy, with an air of self approval that he was far from feeling. "Now, Jimmy," protested Zoie impatiently, "you aren't going to have moral hydrophobia just when I need your help!" "I'm not going to lie to Aggie, if that's what you mean," said Jimmy, endeavouring not to wriggle under Zoie's disapproving gaze.
To Alfred's intense surprise, his lips had barely touched Zoie's fingertips when he felt his head seized in a frantic embrace. "Alfred, Alfred!" cried Zoie in delight; then she smothered his face with kisses. As she lifted her head to survey her astonished husband, she caught the reproving eye of Aggie.
"Let her have her own way," she whispered with a significant glance toward Zoie. Alfred nodded understandingly and put a finger to his lips to signify that he would henceforth speak in hushed tones, then he tiptoed back to the bed and gently stroked the curls from Zoie's troubled forehead. "There now, dear," he whispered, "lie still and rest and I'll go shave and wash up a bit."
Panting with haste and excitement, he eventually gained courage to dash through a side street that brought him within a few doors of the "Sherwood." Again glancing behind him, he turned the well lighted corner and arrived beneath Zoie's window to find one shade up and one down. In his perplexity he emitted a faint whistle. Immediately he saw the other shade lowered.
No sooner had the unfortunate man acquiesced in one thing and communicated Zoie's wish to the waiter, than the flighty young person found something else on the menu that she considered more tempting to her palate. Time and again the waiter had to be recalled and the order had to be given over until Jimmy felt himself laying up a store of nervous indigestion that would doubtless last him for days.
Alfred glanced solicitously at Zoie's closed eyes. "I'm so sorry," he apologised to Aggie, and again he slipped softly out of the room. Aggie and Zoie drew together for consultation. "Suppose Jimmy can't get the baby," whispered Zoie. "In that case, he'd have 'phoned," argued Aggie. "Let's 'phone to the Home," suggested Zoie, "and find " She was interrupted by Alfred's voice.
"If you were to get one to-day," continued Aggie, "Alfred would know it wasn't yours, wouldn't he?" A light of understanding began to show on Zoie's small features. "There was none when he left this morning," added Aggie. "That's true," acquiesced Zoie. "You must wait awhile," counselled Aggie, "and then get a perfectly new one." But Zoie had never been taught to wait. "Now Aggie " she began.
"Yes," added Aggie, sharing Zoie's desperation to get out of their temporary difficulty, no matter at what cost in the future. "Didn't Jimmy tell you?" "Tell me WHAT?" stammered Alfred, "what IS there to tell?" "Why, you see," said Aggie, growing more enthusiastic with each elaboration of Zoie's lie, "we didn't dare to break it to you too suddenly."
"Good Heavens!" exclaimed Zoie with shocked surprise. "If Alfred were to give a hundred dollars to a Baby's Home, I should suspect him." "Don't be silly!" snapped Aggie curtly. In spite of her firm faith in Jimmy's innocence, she was undoubtedly annoyed by Zoie's unpleasant suggestion.
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