San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-08
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"Yes-I always mean to do it. But
sometimes l don't wear it in the even
ingS, you know"
And then you forget all about it?"
"Well-sometime. But it doesn't
matter-does it?"
1T won't matter much with this
watch. perhaps, Laughing.
Il suppose you have great contempt
for this watch?" She said this rather
in tone of pique. She did not much
like 30 have her possessions despised.
No, l haven't contempt for it,"
He turned the little thing over in his
hand, looking on either side of it, and
then with smile gave it back to her.
1T will go very well if you take care of
it" he said.
"Will you come to the drawing-room,
Or will you wait for my uncle in his
room?" she asked him moment after
ward; and he made his choice of the
study (which offended her little) and
went there, and sat reading for quar-
ter of an hour by the freight; and then
MIR. Dunstan came, and had hardly
shaken hands with him before he said
You will stay to dinner, George? OF
course you will stay" And, turning
at once, he announced the fact that Mr..
servant in the hall.
"Why don't you come in oftener like
this? Upon my word don't think you
have dined with us three times since
you have been back!" he said heartily
next moment, coming again into the
room as soon as he had achieved this
rapid piece of business.
Il should like to come a little oftener,
if you will let me-" Mr.. Gilbert answer
ed bluntly, and possibly-though he did
not show it-a little to the surprise of
the other, who knew how obstinate he
had been upon this point hitherto.
"Well, | think we are likely to let
YOU" Mr.. Dunstan merely answered.
1.-The oftener you come the better.
Look here-I had thing wanted to
show YOU" And then he began to turn
out his drawers to look for some book
or paper, and nothing more was said by
either of them about the future fire.
quency of George Gilbert's visits.
'Mr. Gilbert is going to stay to din
ner," Aunt Susan said half an hour
afterward, coming into the drawing
room. where the other three were sit
ting round the fire.
"Oh, is he?" answered Gabrielle, with
a scarcely perceptible touch of content
ment in her voice.
rs he?" said Helen, in an accent of
supreme indifference. And Mrs. Hill
heard the announcement and said moth
ing; only in the dim freight the color
came unnoticed for few moments into
her face.
Yet, silent though she was, it was she
whom the small piece of intelligence
affected most, for she did not want to
see George Gilbert. During all these
past weeks he had been very courteous
to her; he had almost come to make her
have for himself personally degree of
liking; but still in spite of that liking,
she never saw him willingly. And If
she had shrunk from their chance meet
ings, which had rarely endured hitherto
for more than a few minutes, how much
more was she likely to shrink now from
his presence! She said to herself-"I
my own room. / wish my head ached
that might have reason for not din
ing with them" But she was perfectly
well. and so she could not say that her
head ached.
You know Mr.. Gilbert little, my
dear, don't your" Aunt Susan said to
her. Il hope you don't mind seeing
him."
Yes, l know him a little" she an
swered; but she could not answer the
other part of the question; she did not
dare to answer it, for she could not say
what was the truth.
II don't think Mrs. Hill is likely to
mind him much" Helen said with
laugh. Il don't think he is very
a a M art
know, find him dull"
Upon which-rather oddly-Gabrielle'
temper seemed to get slightly ruffled,
and she said quickly, II don't think
one ought to call people dull merely be-
cause they are quiet. There are many
worse things than quietnesS."
And then, as Helen laughed again,
and made some sarcastic response about
its being a new thing to hear Gabrielle
standing up for dizziness, Gabrielle bit
her lip, and suddenly held her tongue.
In spite. however, of the rather cool
nature of the remarks make beforehand
upon him, George Gilbert was received
cordially enough when he and Mr.. Dun
stan came together into the drawing
room a few minutes afterward. Helen,
indeed, whom sickness and disappoint-
ment had made Indifferent to most
things, greeted him chilly; but Ga
brielle with smile gave him her hand
again, as if she had not seen him before,
and Aunt Susan met him,-as that gen.
tle-hearted woman met most people,
with kind little sentence of welcome.
Mrs. Hill alone shook hands with him
in silence, and not only then, but
throughout the evening, sat almost
without speaking, in the same seat
which she had occupied the previous
night by Helen's side.
1t was quiet homely evening, as