He was in an execrable humour and hated himself
forgiving in to it; but that only made it worse.
And he clicked his tongue to his bronchos. But he
said atlast, I might have a nap, shrugging his shoulders with an
abruptmotion.
The peculiar thing is that my ambition is to write
about pioneers.
At one oclock Cathleen cameand summoned him for
lunch.
No doubt you have heard as much as Ihave. Wherever
heappeared, things seemed to assume a bustling gait.
Of course, we didnot have this house when we first
set up.
You can read it or not, just as you
like.
She took his suitcase and, beckoning to a
red-capped attendant,handed it to him. I dont see, he said frigidly, what that has
to dowith the sale of the farm. Since then, in a way, Ihave been working
myself.
John Elliot, left alone, felt it incumbent upon him
to hurry. Or perhaps I should say, it would meancomparative poverty. Go, he
commanded, and attend to your duties as a wife and amother.
My interest inthe matter is, of course, purely
theoretical.
I must confess, I thought it was up to her, after
she hadbeen here.
Sell five cents worth of goods overthe counter to
any Tom, Dick, or Harry who comes in?
His father looked at him, half anticipating the
blow that wascoming.
He hardly dared to look about in the quivering
vehicle.
And it is at once reflected in a falling off
ofincome. It helps to keep them in order, John Elliot said.
The rest of the mealwas eaten in
silence.
The men began to smoke; in a small roomadjoining
the salon drinks were poured. On the fifteenth of August she hadgiven birth to a
girl. Woodrow detained him by a touch on the arm. A dozen times itseemed he could
not do so. Had his wife been thesole centre of attraction in his world?