Gayheart paid for her lessons and her
livingexpenses. Perhaps by March she wouldhave lost her courage and be sunk in
apathy again.
Now he meant to walk round the block and look in on
thatscene again. Lucy wanted to beup there on the stage with her, helping her do
it.
Lucy had been dignified, she reflected; shehadnt
run about telling her troubles. Pauline bent over the table and gave her sister an
awkward,spasmodic hug. Lucy asked in the same indifferent manner. Thatlong, soft,
brooding autumn had been like a kind companion. She began to notice things about the
country thatshe had never taken much heed of before. Where there is one grievance,
there are likely to be many.
Quite the other way; he played at being a common
fellow, and hewasnt.
In her own way Pauline loved her sister, though
there had beenmoments when she certainly hated her. There was only one thing
shereally liked to do in the evening. He was freshly shaven, in aclean shirt, with
bay rum on his greying hair and goatee.
Perhaps by March she wouldhave lost her courage and
be sunk in apathy again.
She should, of course, haveconfided in her sister.
That remark nettled her, really hurt herfeelings.
Thatlong, soft, brooding autumn had been like a
kind companion.
More than sixteen hundred dollars you cost us in
those first twoyears. That was allshe wanted, and it would mean a great deal to her.