Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:27:32 +0100
THAT ought to have been enough toopen my eyes to him. He didnt do it last month, but he was goin to this. Give me aswallow of that dratted milk, will you? Maybe he can get you back into that bank again.
Thought you might be practicin takin your last look, I toldhim.
Why should there be anything queer about Dave, for the land sakes? The Brewster account at the bank had been drawn to the last fewhundred dollars.
Azure became more stiffly erect than ever.
That will was the cream of his joke, ofcourse, but it is only an anticlimax. You and Davewere always pretty good friends, down there at the bank and all. Hes goneto the reward he deserves, you can be sure of that. She did not wish him to seeher face just then.
Come, Mary, do stay, to please me, wont you? The suave, cultured and rich and dignified Ben Brewster hadbeen a sort of god in the community.
If youll tell me where the good is Illlike to have you.
All theyve doneis take what was handed down to em.
And he promised me hed do what he could to get you back in thebank. I guess tis crazyand Im out of my head to even think of makin it.
She did not like to think of thatevening at all, yet she did think of it, over and over again.
Now,Mary, theres just one thing more that I must say to you. And thethought of telling even then was too humiliating to dwell upon.
Twas too late to catch him at the bank, so I went to his officeat the wharf and I found him there. You are goin to CapnDaves, same as I told him you would, Mary? And his greeting was surprisingly casual andcheerful. Theres no use making yourself sick over it.
Come, Mary, do stay, to please me, wont you? Annabelle, says I, out loud to myself, all alone in thatbedroom, Ill save em or die a-tryin.
I shallhave to say no, just as I did to the other.
I only wish all my loanswere secured as good as that one, he added, with an attempt at asmile. It is high time you heard what I have to tellyou. She did not wish him to seeher face just then.
