I had had such a dull, bored evening with
Teddy.
I thank my stars I didnt lose my interest in
youthfulthings when I lost my youth. I fell on his neck and kissed him as soon as
Isaw him. And how we would have loved each other between them!
A huge, round, striped ballunrolled itself on her
bed and opened wide pink jaws. Have I time to take off my things before the
ceremony?
The old Tansy Patch was sold to some Halifaxman for
a summer home. In that book thathasnt been opened for over twenty-five
years?
There was none of his significantnods and
winks.
He married me and took me home to Malton where his
people lived. New Moon was unchanged,undisturbed by the changes that came elsewhere.
The expensive part of it was a present from Ilses old great-auntsin Scotland, Mrs.
Most of the guests were afraid to speak, for fearof saying the wrong thing.
Emilyexclaimed with unusual, un-Murray-like violence.
Teddy and Halsey are waiting for thesignal to go
into the drawing-room.
Emily gave a little choked cry of
denial.
Emily, do yourealize that by this time to-morrow
Ill be Ilse Kent? IVStay with me to-night, Emily, entreated Ilse. But ofcourse she
would mention it when she took the book back.
For weeks Ive been afraid that if Ilet myself be
quiet for a moment Id BOLT.
Emily, with more of a nightmare feeling than ever,
went down thehall and knocked on Ilses door. A daintyservice in a quaint
old-fashioned rose design.
And she felt too tired to care for readjustment.
Hes still in theclutches of his old ancestral temper. She plucked it from the bosom
of her dress and kissed it almostsavagely. That was just as good as screaming on the
floor.
The aunts and cousins fluttereddownstairs. Emily
wondered she could speak so calmly of it.