Show Serial Seria I Continued from Preceding Page stepped noiselessly Amalia sitting silting at the head of her perfect table still quite lovely to look at at spoke to Emily Emily Ive I've never seen you look lovelier Approaching marriage marriage marriage mar mar- apparently agrees with you Youre You're going to be a bride well we'll all be proud of Emily looked up Her eyes met Rogers Roger's and held for an instant Roger wondered what he saw in them Something strange and different Something not quite Emily Then she was speaking Thank you Aunt Amalia she she said but I feel theres there's no better time to tell you there Isn't going to be any bride Theres There's not going to be any wedding That Thatis is no wedding for Roger and me me meThe The words were like lead pellets pellets pel pel- lets dropped into a deep silent pool They stayed there unmoving unmoving un- un moving unchanging Roger felt he should say s something He knew that after a quick glance at Emily every everyone one at the table was looking at him hm Even old Peter the butler who had been with Amalia Amalla for tor years stopped serving one white gloved hand Inthe in inthe inthe the air as if turned to stone by bythe bythe bythe the startling pronouncement It was Mrs Perry who broke the silence H Her Hgr r voice rasped a little in her throat as if she was having difficulty controlling it Emily youre you're nervous and up- up upset up up- set You dont don't realize what youve you've said Of course Im I'm upset and nervous nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous Emily forced a a note of I bravado Into her voice to cover the tears she would not shed Who wouldn't be if they'd just discovered the man they expected ed to marry was in love with another another another an an- other girl Of course Im I'm nervous but but I know what Im I'm saying To be continued |