Emily reflected bitterly that it was not much
better being aMurray. Ilse never thought of me that way,did she? The moment she had
spoken she stood aghast, sick with shame andremorse.
Though I admit if Icould just be snuffed out
to-night like a candle I wouldnt mind. Perry, Perry, I wish I hadnt told you that
aboutIlse. Have I time to take off my things before the ceremony? A dog that never
chased a cat in its life, he sneered.
The wholeworld to-day seems to be steeped in a
scorn for things Victorian.
Cousin Isabella was set up on presentiments for
life, but nobodylistened to her.
After all, the Victorianswere right in covering
lots of things up.
But there are other things that must be told
first.
As the door closed behind her Emily heard Mrs. Dont
you think Ive sense enough to know what a compliment it was?
She was lookinglike something that had been left
out overnight.
To be sure, he looks like a gargoyle, said Ilse
meditatively. And in it Emily found a thin letter,unstamped, addressed to Mrs. When
DavidKent came and made me love him I was pretty. I never thought Teddy would turn
me down cold like that, hegrowled. She plucked it from the bosom of her dress and
kissed it almostsavagely.
A window was open, theone over the kitchen stoop. I
suppose if her mother had lived this wouldnt have happened,said the doctor
dazedly.
Do you think Id play gooseberry at such a timeas
this?
Ilse never thought of me that way,did she? She
never had a serious mood, apparently.
Though I admit if Icould just be snuffed out
to-night like a candle I wouldnt mind. She seems to be frightened people wouldnt
know shewas alive if she sat still a moment.
I like a man who likes mebetter in silk than in
gingham. Have I time to take off my things before the ceremony? She told her father
that she was going to marryPerry Miller and nobody else. Perry, Perry, I wish I
hadnt told you that aboutIlse. It wasshe who found out from young Rob Mitchell how
Ilse had gone.
Perry was a bit squiffy over the fact that HE
hadnot been asked to be groomsman.
When he went away I used to write him of all
yourflirtations. Perry came along in his carand I just changed my mind and went for
a little moonlit spin withhim.