Part 24 (1/2)
”What's the et used to this carriage business,” said he ”I don't like it
Where the private carriage begins just there de of the ways People who are driving have to look down; people who aren't have to look up”
”Nonsense!” said Margaret, though it seemed to her to be the truth
”Nonsense, of course,” retorted Craig ”But nonsense rules the world”
He caught her roughly by the ar, Josh,” cried she, extricating herself and laughing, and with a wave of the hand she vanished into the shrubbery As soon as she was beyond the danger of having to continue that curious conversation she walked less rapidly ”I wonder what he really thinks,” she said to herself ”I wonder what I really think I suspect we'd both be amazed at ourselves and at each other if we knew”
Arrived at her grander cause for wonder There were a dozen people in the big salon, the old lady presiding at the tea-table in high good huaret,” cried she ”Why didn't you bring your young aret
”I saw hi aside to her alone when the ripples from the new stone in the pond had died away
”He's what they call a pretty rough custoood points”
”You liked hiaret
”I disliked him less,” corrected the old lady ”He's not a randdaughter--”likes He neither likes nor is liked He's too s People of purpose divide their fellows into two classes, the useful and the useless They seek allies ahed
”Why do you laugh, child? Because you don't believe it?”
Margaret sighed ”No, because I don't want to believe it”
CHAPTER XV
THE EMBassY GARDEN PARTY
Craig dined at the Secretary of State's that night, and reveled in the marked consideration every one showed him He kneas not because of his political successes, present and i; in the esteearet overtopped theood for hiht so hi, with an aching head and in the depths of the blues, the whole business took on again its griain with Grant,” he decided, and was at the Arkwright house a few ht
It so happened that Grant hiot up about half-past seven When Craig ca to co-room ”You can talk to me while Walter shavestable He was spread out luxuriously and Josh watched the process of shaving as if he had never seen it before Indeed, he never had seen a shave in such polass, of essence and powder
”That's a very ladylike perfored in,” said he
”It's damn coet that thing you've got on?”