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In Pawn. Butler Ellis Parker
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Автор произведения Butler Ellis Parker
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“If you ain’t too busy getting ready to get married and quit us,” said Susan. “You’ll be so busy getting ready – ”
“I’ll have a little time for Lem, I hope,” Henrietta said brightly, smiling at him. “And Gay and Lorna will be here.”
“Not being lucky enough to have our Billy Vanes,” said Lorna.
“Now don’t be jealous of a poor old maid,” Henrietta teased.
“But we are,” said Lorna, and smiled inwardly. “Nobody loves us.”
She glanced at Freeman Todder, but it was one of his bad mornings, of which he had a great many. He was pale and heavy-eyed and his hand shook. No one at the table knew when he had come in the night before, but it had been after three in the morning. He had had a long session of poker, with bad luck, and his pocket held just eighteen cents. He kept his eyes on his plate.
“What do you think, Mr. Todder?” Susan asked.
“What?” he asked, looking up suddenly.
“Do you think Lem ought to wait until fall to start schooling?”
“What do I know about it?” he asked. “It’s nothing to me.”
There was an unpleasant pause. Rudeness, even when coming from a man as evidently out of sorts as Freeman was, kills lively spirits. Henrietta came to the rescue.
“Did you ever see a lovelier day?” she asked. “Just see the sun on that vase of syringas! This is the sort of day I wish I was a Maud Muller. Lem, it is a crime to be in school a day like this, isn’t it?”
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