Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-19
CHAPTER V
The Married Bachelors

Ml1IlAI, asked NloNcr lhpeTSon-
w ally. ''arc you going to do!'
81 am afraid shall nave to 60,
s.,d Carmichael in the voice of one at
: ,oo marty. Inwardly he told himself,
,Tut it short. cut it short. I cant
.,ond much of this" lie turned his
lace quickly toward the house.
"You mean you will leave Green
s,rcrt 90 back to where you used to
ivc:'
az SUPPOSE so. ! mean. shall leave
Green street. of course
"And--what shall What ought l
% do ...
II don't know suppose you will
Al rs YOU choose. won't. your he said
oickly. anxious to so. not to have to
near her voice any longer. not to see her
face, stay here for bit, perhaps.
and then. Of course. you have your
seoplc. Mr!. Meadows is always there.
Sour cousins. 1t will 60 back to what
n was. as far as you re concerned ex-
kppt that Of course YOU re married.
Cl6vcrS face as she looked at his
pvcrtcl profile was as entirely express.
eonlps> as are the faces Of those who
nave too much to express. When human
beings ere caught in the grip Of forces
quit, new - them. their usual means
ofjconvcying establishment. protest OF
appeal fail them like weapons which
turn out to be Of lath instead Of steel.
Did Clover wish for this? Was it a
weight of her mind that her show
husband had taken matters into his own
bands and had cut the ianglc? in Il
sense. yes. She was glad he had spoken
ont. Bu; il wa at the same moment
that She realized something else. She
did not wuilt him to go. Quite unmis-
takably her wish was for him to stay
% say more-to say other things.
Even as she. all dazed. realized this,
b. spoke He said, quickly and awk-
ward!y: You have done all and moro
than asked you for. well. / wish
had not-not brought YOU into all
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su., s.oh; hooiE hees KNOW apout MI '"'s'
.,on"oi @ S"Ir ,I sin,'.' sr1'i, a"us"; E,.nnu
e!ahccd nront and above them. Every
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S;nI SM,n,'oMH o' surrounding houses. be1
n"u '"''l "4ha9W 'arl.iicnael SeelIeo
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s'.'l.eu' Mho sueSSrd' VINO KNEW
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sntrss, pss mere % nreu i mG' DC any uhp,ehhs .phic
"'aeSs; ie1pi' VIII grauuulis tu,''p'e %
'n"t 'Aer' mas peeii miS,aht.
vur s','ing married. mean. iich'N
.ptopI" nav" mnd" mat nilsthke. :.
co. Not quite this kind of mistake,
.lr Hlov'r replied absently. 'lloWever,
'"s. w., rs our business; not theirs.
uora a~' !r 'ould NOT suppress
mS'e!"enl Hn, =! OF impatience;; cut 1t snort.
Sut II short. warned the voice within
n..Im, ..m bGt the voice within Clover cried,
hr,.u "un Wh't. Don DC III sMch -. y
fny MuSt you lrt IL come 10 this!
.o Inner storm whirled them round and
sU"nai San l;nt me center OF the cyclone
t"a,o "t ''.'S ur"ulE s'lllhess; oniy lot one
tIat Ia,"i, 4ld IL seem as though; through
w. w., S'''Il"HH' soinethihg would Dreah'
xU'nni' WIN llttle gesture now 80
t"ra tn'''ar 70 nm, put her hand 10 hrr
'urs-and he was reminded of that
sho Ias ,',I', ,nc beginning, Here. at the end,
snd ',,i,'r ,hn 'lu! snme pretty movement,
SAM n mere @ drifted across to him that
p,n' waa n S""h,-that wei. known scent that
S'tba. vi "'W 80 bitterly 1ull OF association
a, ""t ""ootr, ,reSn, allurIng, persistent scent
II'y,or''r IIe wor ;aL uhner ram ,,.,
stret"h""d's h"'s 90 her. both hands out.
tonpu" ho1 nn'' Lin On 'nr up o' ne. ne.
Il rrmni""L ""I 'H,,nS 'aH hal'J artE' nut
step, mn, ~ %hn"''trrsu' hn" t nr 'G"h s II ~, ln''N
IT, w soiI d "'t; ;rhn,! Tm' away ", from ,nsm m'r'