Once seated at the table, the family forthwith
began discussingtopics of current local interest.
I wish I knew where you are and what you are doing.
Come on all, or the dinner will be getting cold, admonished Mrs.
Besides he looks very intelligent and ambitious to
me.
And hows the bad girl been behaving herself since
Ileft? It wont do any good and might do a lot of harm just when Iam trying so hard
to get a start again. I hope hes better-looking thanthe rest of our
cousins.
Theyre the most uninteresting boys I ever did
see.
Oh, well, they wont have to know that, will they?
You mean he said he was hoping you would come up and spend a lot
oftime.
But as soon as I feel more surethat this other
thing has blown over, Ill use my own name againsure.
Griffiths and Myra, who now emerged from her room
andjoined them. Near the dinner hour and by degrees the family assembling for
itscustomary meal. Is that all theyteach you over at that school? Theres nothing
much out atGreenwood any more that I can see. Is that all theyteach you over at that
school? Im workinghere under my own name, but Id rather not let em know Im
fromK.
Please write and let us knowall about you and how
you are getting along. Griffiths, interjected Gilbert shrewdly andcynically to his
mother.
Near the dinner hour and by degrees the family
assembling for itscustomary meal. Near the dinner hour and by degrees the family
assembling for itscustomary meal.
At least I understand he was for a while afterhe
left home.
Theyre not the richestpeople in the world,
either.
You know he has a great collar business there
inLycurgus and he is very rich, so they say.
Nevertheless Bella was no more abashed that she was
irritated bythis. Well, I think thats very kind of you, father, observed Mrs.
Knowing that he preferred leg of lamb above many other things,after due word with
Mrs. Listen to whos talking about cutting out slang.
Theyre notthe kind that would move anywhere, are
they?
Its going to become a regularcenter, Sondra says,
with all the finest houses along the westshore. Well, he added, after a moment,
theyre spreading out fasterthan I would if I had their business. Once seated at the
table, the family forthwith began discussingtopics of current local interest.
Griffiths, pleasantly and diplomatically. By then, the maid, Amanda, assistant to
Mrs. Oh, my son, ifyou only knew how you must be on your guard to avoid
thesepitfalls. And aboathouse big enough for a thirty-foot electric launch that
Mr.
And after that, I bet the Harriets will go, too.
And your father feels the same as I do in regard to them. And hows the bad girl been
behaving herself since Ileft?