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The motor slowedwas slowedhlC slowed slowed'Jfi hlC 'Jfi Jfi ' was open ; the car turned turnedame turnedHinme ame cautiously up the driveh drive driveln rVi driverVi rVih ln ( h Its usual s swift ssift " 1ft rush totr toDllB to tof rU1sme turnedrU1sme ! \tr tr \ DllB f Mr . ForbeszjI Forbes Forbesj cheerfullyifc j zjI ? 'I I ' I am " , " he said cheerfnlly cheerfully cheerfullyy 1 1f11 ' * ' f11 ! ay y you yon don't dont remember me 1 I i burse lurse arse I remember you , " Deb DebSgd I + Sgd d , , . smiling smilingUbok ' -Ubok Ubok - rook ook , her outstretched handZ hand handled Z led Iecl ed down at her , the warmmost warm warmi i most comfortable kind llnd of 8 [ "Wbcre's Wbcres " 'Whcre's Whcres 'Where's Wheres ' ' Bryn Dryn ? ' His Bls eves eyes eves"l evesher -"l "l l - " . , her face tace , and she fiushed flushed flushedushe 1 1she shc she answered answeredgone answeredgone answeredi ' " gone to town . . You must mustsed mustsed mustAsed sed him there " TubbyIn "he'll hell " he'll hell ' come back " , " Tubby Tubbyh h assurance , and turned to towho ton % who had come with him him"t\ag him"t himt ag , , " \ Ing In the car . 'It's Its ' It's Its ' the the11 1 right , , " he said , and the thean thean thean ; an to climb cllmb out Tubby Tubbyack Tubbyack Tubbyiack ack to Deborah TieiAe ' 1\ 1 1'b 1b 1e 1e ' ' \ e ee e new butler butler"Deborah's butlerDeborahs . " Deborah's Deborahs ' ' e eyes es filckered flickered filckeredgrae flickeredgrate flickeredgrave gra\e gra e grate \ and dignified mien mienew mienew mienew ew butler . She nodded to to.u to11 .u u 11 . call Gary , " she decideditepped decIded decIdedtcpped decidedtopped tcpped topped Inside the kitchen kitchenout kitchenout kitchend out ' Gary I ! Oh , Gar eee ecel"bment ecelbment I 1 " oment he came , puffing , red redg redill g . coat only half halt on He HeUng Heling liebllng | Ung ling for the " " sleeve slec\e slec e \ . "Never Never "Neverr Neverr | r coat , " Deborah told him himgit , , lit It away from trom him "This This "Thisr "ThisgUr ThisgUr " r . . Forbes , " she told Tub Tubr . Forbes Is . . . . Is Dryn's Dryns Bryn's Bryns Dryn'snd Bryn'snd Bryn'send Brynsend ' ! nd , " slie she Informed Garybrought Garybrought Gary Garybrought brought us a butler hutler . Youi You Youcare Youcare care of ot him Gary , and Mr Mrtoo . [ too , . I must run and tell tellther tellther tellther ) ther . " l lwas was that that , , dear ? ' Grand Grandnqulred Grandnquired Grandnqulred nqulred nquired as Deborah reached reachedof reachedof : of the steps " i GrandLI . . a Mr . Forbes , Grand GrandiI Grandyl LI iI , told you about him He Hey Hey Hepy y wedding Bryn Dryn calls him himnecause himBecause himBecause [ necause Because he be Is so pink and andsnppose andsuppose andI suppose snppose . . . Atld Abd Atid the man manIs manIs mana D- D GaryD - , - Is the tho new ncw butler . Garycare Garycare Gary K DK care of them thcm " mother sighed contentedly . . rarcely arcely believe beliee bellea belie\ belie \ % e 11 It It , , " she mur mur.gps r i muri cps . 1 1cps .gps gps . ps sounded slnnded ) in the hill h'111 h111 ' In Inopen inopen Ingopen open open doo door , and Tubby Tnbby ap apn apa n the doorway . He lIe hesltat hesitat hesltatDeborah hesitatDeborah hcsltatDeborah . [ Deborah went to his bis sIde sidedmother sideidmother , . dmother , this Is IsMr Mr : rorbes"nnured rorbesnnured rorbes , , " " ured , , and Tubby crossed crossedh . ; b h to bend 0\ 0 over 0er \ er the wrlnL.led wrlnLled wrinkled wrinkledId wrinkledld . ' " ; 14 Id out to him He 11e lie looked lookede . lookedfe e Indeed In a suit of ot gray- gray grayertectly gray-perfectly gray perfectly - . - ertectly erfeetly tailored tal10red suit . . 'so so ' 1 so glad you h:1e hate hav h:1\ h:1 h1 : \ e come comether , " ' [ ther w \ was as saying . She set setI setelf setielf I ' elf again Into her pillowsr plllossry p1l1ons pllloss . ry rythe the thin Paisley smoothknees smooth smoothknccs ; knees knccs nC.s nCs ( . 'I I ' I ha\ ha have hae babe \ e suggested suggestedany suggestedany suggestedany ' . any number numher of times thait that thathave thathave ' have some of his friendsd trlendsd trlends friends , d visit us , but as yet we weso weso weQ \ 20 so busy putting pnttIag the house houseIves houseIves houseelves , ( Ives In order . " was frankly trankly staring at hercall her hercall hercall t liet call him Bryn Dryn , now ? ' be lie h ( 6 He explained It to me , and andIt andif anci i It if I minded . . . Of cours course coursemInd coursef coursemind coursmind < f mind . . I have become'ery become \'ery 'ery ery very 'eryhIm veryhim \ " ' , very'him veryhim ' . hIm , even In this shon short shorti shorty shonJy i Jy y figure appeared In the theIt theIt th < , ? It was tho the butler , bland blande blancie , e , , . with a small sI1\ sI1 silver sI1er titer \ er traybelL tray traybell tra trabelL , * belL . He looked at Tubbi Tubbihibby Tubby Tubbyf Tubbybby f hibby bby said "Mrs Mrs " Larned Lamed Larncdurch , I urch ureh . I 1 think he tie , will ,111 111 sill be ben1.e belake bilake \ ' n1.e n1e lake . you comfortable . . " o you yon do , Burch Durch , " Grand Grandd GrandId d gently . Burch Durch bowed bowednured , ured an acknowledgment acknowledgmenttroductIon acknowledgmenttroductlon acknowlcdgmentroductlon [ troductIon troductlon He lIe advanced advancedd adanced advanced ad\ ad \ anced ancedd . d put tlie the bell down on ontable ontable 01 01table table at Grandmother Grandmother.s Grandmothers Grandmother's Grandmother's"movements ' . "movements movements ' " quietlyIle quietlylie movements were sere \ cre quietl quietly , ; He Ile lie began to withdraw withdraw.Cubby withdrawCubby . ubby called caned after hirr him himmy himmy hirrmy my bag , \ v\ v n v111 \ 111 III ill you , Durch\O Durch O DurchOr Burch Burchr ? \ r . " . iw w moments lie he returned returnedvy returnedivy rcturneavy ivy vy pigskin plgsb.ln plgsbln . bag \ which ahlch hlch he hebttore hebefore hi before bttore Tubby on the theubby theubby thubby | ubby opened the b'1J b1J bi b1 ' ; He HeDeborah H _ Deborah . fought ought weddinghe you some well wedding weddin weddinhe dIng ? . : { ' he Bald said with his fascp fascl fasci . " "Tliero Tliero "Thero Thero "There There " " wasn't wasnt asn't asnt ' time to toe toe tne e before you left San SanBryn Sa Q " Dr Bryn , } n made mal1e me promIse ' promla't promlat promIset t tell , any\\ any anyway anyay \ \ ay , na as ae It if it'e ite It Ite ite ' e been kept quiet . , The Thetzlng Thetzing Tliizing tzlng tzing " u ' tIt tItDeborah ; " ' Deborah said tnlntly faintly falnti , . ' \ Nobody 1\obody 1 obody Aobody beard heard her . Grandmother Grandmotherwas was 100kIn looking \ very bery ery proud 'His His 'Bis Bis ' His Is a a'fery avery avery 'fery fery very ' old family , of course , " " she shesaId shesaid shesaid saId saidben 'Even Even Een -ben ben ' E\ E - \ en In San ' Francisco r'ranclsco rranclsco I'ranclsco Iranclsco ' the thewedding thewedding wedding \ eddlng was certain to be a mat mattcr matter mattor tcr ter of comment . . " Tubbv drew dre\\ dre dreforth \ forth n a tissue wrappedbox wrapped wrappedbox wrappedbox box 'This This ' Is from my sister S'11 S11 S'i1 Si1 S'11Iy S'i1ly Silly ' ' Iy ly , " he explained e pliined hIned , , binding h'1ndlng h1ndlng handing ' It to toDeborah toDeborah toDeborah toDeborahDeborah Deborah DeborahDeborah Deborah unwrapped the tissue tissuepaper tissuepaper tissuepaper paper . Inside was a long yeh velbet velbetjeweler's velvetjeweler's velvetjewelers et etjeweler's jeweler's jewelers ' box : ; she opened It , and andthere andthere andthere . there . , In the tbe \ white \ hlte \ velvet belvet elvet lining , lay laya laya a " whole "hole hole suite of rose-colored rose colored - - - crys crystals crystals crystals tals , exquisitely cut . The long longstrand longstrand longstrand strand of the necklace ncc1.1ace ncc11ace . dropped to toher toher i iher her waist ; the earrings were pend peed peedant pendi pendant pcndant i ant on sih sib silver er chains ; there were two twoI twosp'1rkllng twospirkling twospirkling I sp'1rkllng sp1rkllng spirkling ' bracelets and a beautiful beautifulrIng beautifulring beautifulring rIng Deborah looked at them . "la la "Is Is " 'Is Is ' your sister Sally . . , . , Is she shea shea a very 'fery fery ' great friend of Bryn's Bryns ' too ? ' ' "Yes Yes " , Indeed . They've Theyve ' adored each eachother eachother eachother other for years . . When Sally Sany and andSImon andSimon andSimon SImon used to quarrel . , It was al al"ays always nlways "ays ays ways " Bryn Dryn that Sally Sany went to for fors forsympathy forsv s sympathy ) mpathy . He lie d let her cry It outon out outon outon on his shoulder , and pat her-you her you heryouknow heryouknow her - - youknow know , the way men do , " Tubby saId saIdto saidto saidto to Grandmother with camaraderie . . . "and and " then he would slip off otr and andtelephone andtelephone andtelephone telephone Simon , give him a good goodwigging goodwigging wigging \ Igglng , and tell teU him \ where here S'1ny S1ny Silly S'1nywas Sillywas Sillywas ' was " "Who Who " 1Vho Is Simon ? ' Deborah heard heardhersel heardherself heardherself hersel herself ! Biying s'1ylng s1ylng s'iylng siylng ' ' ' ' , Simon ? Oh , he's hes ' Sa Sally's Sallys ny's nys ' hus bus husband busband husband band They re crazy about each eachother eachother eachother other , you know . , and al always " ays were wereNow wereNow wereNow Now , here , " Tubby went on . , rum rummagIng rumwaging rummaging magIng waging \ with lth one hand and hOldIng hOldIngout holdingout holdingout out a flat tIat round parcel with the theother theother theother other . "This This " Is from me It's Its ' theonly the theonly theonly only way you d e\ e eb ever eer \ er get It I II Ithought Ithought Ithought I thought you'd youd ' appreciate It , " he he'muttered hemuttered hemuttered 'muttered muttered ' muttered , his head In the bagDeborah bagDeborah bag bagDeborah Deborah unwrapped the parcel sl si slIently silently sllently , Iently lently . Inside , looking out from a abeautiful abeautiful abeautiful beautiful heavy slh sliver siher er frame trame , was wasDryn's wasBryn's wasBryn's wasBryns Dryn's Dryns Bryn's Bryns ' face tace The Tbe gray eyes t\\ t tIn twin twinkled twinkled \ In InhIed hIed kled up at her ; the mouth was firm firmand firmand firmand and quiet . Slie She looked at it . She Shehanded Shehanded Shehanded handed it across to Grandmother * ' You will like this , " she sild S'1ld S1ld s'iid siid sildGrandmother S'1ldGrandmother s'iidGrandmother ' ' Grandmother took It and held It Itsilently itsilently Itsilently silently before her After a mo moment momeat moment ment meat Deborah saw her fumbling tumbl1ng for forher forher forher her handkerchief . She wiped her hereyes hereyes : eyes , , surreptitiously . She loved himShe him himShe himShe She 10\ 10 loved 10cd lobed \ cd him as much as that . , ' There , " Tubby said , ] lifting llftfng iftfng a afiery afiery afiery fiery red face tace . "there there "Ibere Ibere " , riglit rIght at the thevery thevery 1 1'fery 'fery fery very ' bottom , of ot course . Now this thisIs thisis thisIs Is from Madeline Ma.deUne MadeUne . . " It was a most exquisite rose-col rose col rose-eel eel rosecolored roseeelored rose-colorcd rose colorcd - - ored ellk silk shawl covered with pale paleblue paleblue paleblue blue embroidered flowers In small smallperfect smallperfect smallperfect perfect stitches , and n a long pale paleblue paleblue paleblue blue fringe Deborah's Deborahs ' hind h'1nd h1nd hand ' ca cares caressed caressed res ressed sed the heavy silk "I I " love 10'fe 10fe ' It"she Itshe It it , " " ' I Ishe she told him gently . ' "Is Is 'Is " MadeUne Madeline Madelineyour Madelineyour ' ' your sister too ? ' "Well Well "Welt Welt " , no , " Tubby said , wIthhat with whatseemed \\hat hat what \ whatseemed hatseemed seemed to her a hint of embarrass embarrassment embarrassmeat embarrassment ment meat . 'Not Not ' Not exactly e1.actly e1actly . . . She's Shes ' Simon's Simons Simon'ssister Simon'ssister Simon'ssister Simonssister ' sister , BO so of course she shes s practi practi- - practically practically practically - cally In the family famlly . She Shes Shea s an ex extremely extremely extrcmely tremely nice girl " "Has Has " she been a friend of ot Bryn's Bryns Bryn'sall Bryn'sall Bryn'sall Brynsall ' i all his life , too ? ? " "Well Well " 'Yen Yen ' , yes Practically . " ' Do they . . . " Deborah stoppedlier stoppedHer stopped Her lier " violet "Iolet Iolet biolet eyes were fixed on hIstace hisface his hisface i face tace . She waited . Tubby coughed "You You "Yon Yon " know lnow hov\ hov how howIt howit hovit \ ' it Is , he explained with a n wave ol of ofhis ' ' bis hIs hand "All All " tho the girls are cra7Y crazy cra7Yabout crazyabout crazyabout of'I 'I I about Bryn . , Always were They'reI They'rebound They'rebound They're Theyre ' I bound to be a n little upset to think thinkhe's thinLhe's thinLhes : : , be's bes he's hes ' married now and gone gone"Is goneIs . " "Is Is " Madeline upset upset'Tubby upsetTubby ? ' Tubby laughed heartily "Oh Oh " , I Idon Idon ] don t think so , " he said . . , She's Shes 'She's ' ' too toosensible to < ' sensible for tor that " " I 'I I ' I see , " " Dcbonh Dtbor'1h Dtbor1h Dcborih ' said quietly . I IGrandmother . Grandmother looked up from the theshlwl th < ; shiwi shlwl sh'1 sh1 ' " 1 and lifted lined the picture again"Would againWould again . ' , "Would Would " It bo be pos possible lble to have another another an other copy made of this ? ' she Inqui inquired In qui quired red . ' ' I'm Im ' sure I can get any number , " ' Tubby Tnbby said solid at once . . ' Ihey're Iheyre They're Theyre Ihey'reI Ihey'reDryn They'reBryn riiey'riBryn riieyriBryn ' ' I Dryn Bryn s graduation pictures He s swearing swearing iwearing } wearing the gown and hood thereI there I 1 can get get'cm getcm 'em em ' from the photographci pbotographtr pbotograplnr pbotographtrIn pbotograplnrin r In Palo Alto " 'Palo Palo ' Palo Alto Alto"Tint's AltoTints ? ' ' "TII'1t's TII1ts "That's Thats " ' ' ' wliero where \ here Bryn Dr ) n graduated , o ot of otcour.e ofcourse course cour.e coure : . , at ut Stanford " 'Stanford Stanford ' ? ' Grandmother |