That would not affect his chances materially. Uncle
Pippin decided it was because every one wastoo polite. Noel had evidently very
little doubt that he would be forgiven.
Oh, dearie me, to think what might
havehappened!
She would have crawled to him on all fours and
kissedhis feet had he so commanded. Penny himself chewed some bitter cuds of
reflection. Rain was brewing and itwas a very dark and cold and melancholy October
night.
He would break theengagement before, if break it he
must.
Was this what she had supposed she
loved?
Gays head spun around and she wondered if she were
goingcrazy. With everybody putting his own name in the ballot, remarkedWilliam Y. He
hadknown yesterday that he could not go through with it. Itwas quite another to find
her so elated about it.
One DOES get the moon sometimes, Roger told
him.
Now and then through an open door he caught
delicious smells ofsuppers cooking. She slipped away in theSeptember moonlight to
visit Whispering Winds. Thegulf was dark blue and the pasture fields
adream.
And youve no idea what name was in the
envelope?
For a few minutes everybody said nothing very
rapidly.
Imagining things tomake himself
important.
It aint fit for you to go out a night like this. It
has been revealed to me what I should do.
Red-ribbed fields on the Treewoofe hilltestified to
many a glad days work on Hughs part. The sunlight ofdawn was striking on Treewoofe,
although the lower slopes werestill in shadow.
That would not affect his chances
materially.
Was this what she had supposed she
loved?
The Duncan Darksought to be ashamed of
themselves.
No, it was only that she had grownused to looking
up at Roger. It wasthe one where that fool reporter had writ up the story of the
jug.
Penny stared at her with a dawning sense of
outrage. She was an exquisite thing in the moonlight,with her brilliant eyes and her
wind-ruffled hair.
Those months of suffering had made a woman of
Gay.
You shouldnt be out without a jacket on a night
likethis. The wife has prepared refreshments, I believe, said Dandynervously.