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Show HAPTER VI-Continued VI Continued VIContinued7 VI - Continued Continuedly -7- 7 - 7y - ly y not get Sally and MadeJlnl Madelinere ' re ? ObI ObISImon Ob , Simon too , of ot course . " ' wouldn't wouldnt "ouldn't ouldnt " ' come without bim bimc'd hime'd himed [ c'd cd ' be useful You said Grander Grand Grander er wanted youn company tor torab ab . Company now , and such suchD1 D1 ns roy"dcll roydcll " htful sister , er delightful dcUghtful husbind busb'1nd busb1nd ' , , and nnd histhan his . than delightful sister . . . .ay's .ays ays . 8Y'S 8YS ' been paved by those pres10U pres presiimlly 10U see , and my roentlon of ofmUy iimlly mUy relations relatlons . , . . . . her mind mindbe mindI be too full } ) occupied to brood broodou broodIron ou . We can tip Up the Lids kids oft oftaU oftre all aU good sports And , , for forecpest forecpest [ ecpest part of the plot-yon plot yon plotyonhow plot - youhow | how Sally trots around at Siheels SI ? heels day and night , , and andjijilm .hlro hlro . at all the most a"hw'lrd ahwlrd a"hw'lrdots awkwirdnts " ' ( ots , and how they al alwayson " ay8 ay8n n each other's others ' arms ? " " w wbby | bby , " Bryn satd said after a n roo roo'you mo"you moyou [ $ " 'you you ' are a fooL . Nevertheless Neverthelessracily racily Bctly . " . " ' considered , whistling wbIstllng softly softly.is softlyis . . es began to sparLIe sparkle Tubby Tubbythem , , 'J J ' 'Jthem them , reached re'lched relched ' across the thetable ! { ; table for piper p'lper plper ' and a penote pen pente ote > te a note He sealed It In Inelope Inelope elope He addressed nddressed It to toImon totelmon Imon Vallance , at Hlllsbor HlllsborIfornla HlllsborgCallfornla Ifornla . "There There " "There There " , , " he said saide saidwe e dying to come , anyway . " . " n Bryn went downstairs donstalrs do\\ do \ nstalrs nc nextkg t tthere there was apparently app\rently app rently ' \ no nol nolake ake Ike : { , In the big house . . Gary Garyborllh Gary"eborah Garyeborah " borllh were sure to be up , ty y were not In sight lie lieor Heir or ) a moment on the top step stepg stepng | g In tn the fresh cool air , , and andcnt andient ? cnt around the house and and"e andEh'e andEhe " ' "e e brook brool " toward the brldgeway bridge brldge bridgeway way to the engine house housead housebad ad filled the gasoline gasollne tanhengIne tank tanh -engIne engIne - engine and nnd was rinsing his hisn hiskn n the Icy brook brool "a a " water ter when whend whenird d a n footstep on the brIdge bridgeSked brIdgefked fked up to see Deborah ap apg appg | g He stood up and dried drieds driedla s on his handl handkerchief erchief . . She Shestand She"stand Shestand " stand a little above him on oned onied ed plank planh , , looking 100hing down at ato ato o his surprise , the strain of ofly ; . had not set a greater greaterl- greaterl greaterltoward toward .to\\ard .toard .to to ard . - * \ him in her dark darkM darkSh M was smiling smlUng a little llttle at atV , her ber lips Ups curving - and andt'1er andpfier t'1er t1er ' was not watching watcWng He Het Heit t her ber . Btf'red Btfred 6'ved 6ved ' you because I want wanto wantlo o you . , If It you don't dont ' mind , " t her itt course l.pon't l.pont lpont I . lon't lont ' mind Is IsD'cthing Isircthing ( D'cthing Dcthing ' I can do ? " l eltated f'sltated fsltated ' When he loo1.ed loo1ed looked\long looked long . \ \ long lashes had droppedclose dropped close to her cheek . . Tm "rm rm "rmtery " * Tmcry cry tery nice person , " she said "I I " 'I I ' apologized once before beforeso beforefC so difficult , , but I don't dont don'ted don't.tried dont.tried donttried ' . ed any harder hardcr not to be beI her I mean It It , , this time tlme . . You Youu11y Youitnily nightIrandmother u11y thoughtful , last night , rnndmother was BO so queer queerId queerlid Id . You do love her , don't dont don'tcm're don'ton're dontonre ' ? cm're cmre ' quite honest about It ItBid ? Id do anything to spare her > dded "I I " can see that I Ik Ink k I quite believed It un unday onpday day afternoon , when yon yone youme e again , and last nIght nighta , u , . were so troubled . . I've Ive ' I'vef Ivef ' selfish . I've Ive ' been think thinkself thinkrself self all aU the time , , and feel feeled feeled ed , and hating It . I 1 have havebalf balf half as tifcughtful tMSughtfu1 of ofher ofler her as you have lla\"c lla "c c \ " ' I've Ive ' de dethings dehings things for myself morc morcer moreher er , thought about mysel myselfwhat ! what . . . what wbat mv posl poslYou posiYou ; You ha\en't ha en't ent \ ' thought about aboutnce aboutonce nce You haven't havent h3\en't h3 en't ent \ ' ' com comAnd cornAnd And this isn't isnt ' ' your prob proball ' , . a11 , and yet ) you've youve ou've ouve ' put putnto putnto nto such a f1 position tbat tbatg thatg g went wrong , you \ would ouIrt ouIrtYou You signed slJned the note for tor forrthy > rthy torrthy rthy , and assumed all the theesponslbllJty theresponsibility esponslbllJty , and you've youve you'veour you'verour youverour ' ' our name . I 1 didn't didnt ' ' quite quite11 quiteI I Tubby came yesterday yesterdaylked yesterdayliked lked about your friends friendsJbe friendshe Jbe ; went on and nC'1r1y nC1r1y nC'1r1yrythIn neirlylirytblng ' rythIn . and suddenly Idreadfully I dreadfully unfair that thatI thator thatfor I or you , and bow how horrIdi horrid i . " She looked 1001.ed 1001ed . at bim himI . Wlll wm you forgive me ? " ; ven't vent cn't cnt ' been horrid , Debor . I Ibeen I It ? been . . . " Bryn began beganit , t himself himselt In Ume time . . But Butt > t noUce notice.laTe noticelaTe . . aye . . Y You Oil don't dont ' hnow know allthat all allthat that have been going on ontL onid tL . FCT rm eorry sorry . " She put putn putnd n out out , , momentarllT momentnrltv . , nndlyIng and nnd . lying on the ml r llln ling lingot > ot move move\ move . \ " - moveDeborah"other . . . Deborah Deborah"other Deborahother . , " other la 1s in a strlln e elnd strangeUnd lnd . . Last Lat ! night nlgbt I wasI was - d . I went Into her room roomup roomr up and kiss her Roode Joode Jood : e directlyme looked at me directly directlye e If I were happy . , She Sheme siieId me before Not la In the same wav . . I think she began beglln to tosuspect tosuspect suspect everybody , even me . . " I I"DId "Did Did " } ou tell her you were werehappy I Ihappy happy ? " " "Yes Yes " But . . . she shes s going to tobe tobe be watching very closely for proo proof ! "She She " She stopped ' Ihe 'lhe lhe color began to rIse rIseunder riseunder under her white sUn"What skin sUn skin"What "What What " . . . . . \ what hat are we going to todo todo do about it It7 ? " he asl"ed asled askedlost " , lost . , Happy 'Happy ' \ with 11b you , " Deborah ex explained explained plained , as If he did not understand'Does understand understand'Does ' 'Does Does ' she think thin1 . ' I'm Im ' In love "ltb ltb "ltbyou " withyou you ? ' "Yes Yes " , " , " Deborah replied replled , and andHushed : flushed violently ' "You're Youre 'You're " ' ' a II much muchbetter muchbetter better actor than I am I Im m sure sureshe's sureshe's sureshes she's shes ' beginning begwning to suspect me . " " "When When " ou go out the door door'Bryn doorBryn , ' Bryn explained explalned : , * I st stand nd and 1001 lookafter . after you And when I heir he'1r he1r ' you youcornIng youcoming cornIng I go to meet you And \ whenyou hen henyou you re talking talhIng I keep looking 1001.Ing 1001Ing . at atiou ou , , when you're youre ' aay aw a\\ a \ ay I talk to ber berabout herabout about you I tell her ho how " beautiful beautifulyou beautifulyou you aie ate , how much more beautlul beautlulthan beautifulthan ! than any girl I ever knew , ; "lth lth "lththose " withthose those lovely lo\ely lo ely \ eyes , and your lashes lashesas , as long as ns a dream , and your mouth mouthand , and your littlehite little \ white \\hite hite chin , and anel tbe tbeway theway way you blush . . . and your throat throatso , so soft and " white "hIte hIte , and the \ way ay you youmo youmo mo\ mo moe \ e your shoulders , and the color colorot colorof ot your hair , and the way wny It curls "He He " He drew a deep bl bieath bieath"Oh eath eath"Oh "Oh Oh " , dear , " , " she sighed "No No " wonder won wonder der she thinks ' I'm Im ' not In 10\ 10 love 10e \ e \ withyon 11h 11hyou you I haven't havent ' told her once any anything anything thing about you ' I've Ive ' hardly men mentloned mentloned tloned you . . " "Well Well "wen wen " , " Bryn said after a mo moment momem ment , , "I'll Ill 001'11 00111 " ' ' tell teU you When you re reIn rein In lo\ lo love loe \ e , , De Deborah orah , you hate to be beaway beaway away from trom your . . . from trom your yoursweetheart yoursweetheart sweetheart for a second Everything very verything thing she does Is perfect and lovely lovelynnd lovelyand , nnd sweet seet s\\ s \ eet You want to lift Uft her herIn herIn In your arms and nnd hold her tight tightagawst tightagainst agawst you , so close that you call callbear canbear bear her heart beating You waut wautto wantto to hear her say that she'll shell ' never neverleave neverleave leave you again , no matter what whathappens whathappens happens And It If It happened that thatshe thatshe she didn't didnt ' ' 10\ 10 love 10e \ e you , " " Br Brvn ) n went on onslo onslowly slo " ly , "there there .there " . d be a sick empty emptyfeeling emptyfeeling feeling feelinghere \ where \\here here your heart ought to tobe tobe be , , and you'd youd ' ' wish you were a kid kidagain kidagain again , so you could cry . But If it she shedId shedid dId love you , and she knew you youweren't youweren't youwerent weren't werent ' sure about her , she'd shed ' put putller putlier ller arms around you , and put her hercbeek hercheek cbeek against yours , and maybe maybec maybeeven c\ c ccn \ cn . . . kiss you " Deborah Deborab was staring at hIm himI I After a moment she said breathless breatbless I i . ; I I ly , " "Is Is " that the way you love loveyour loveyour your . . your own gIr11 girl ? ' " Deborah . " " "Yes Yes , . "I I " don't dont ' ' know anything about that thatway thatway way of ot loving , " she said at last . "I I " "I I " 1 Don't Dont ' Know Anything About AboutThat AboutThat That Way of Loving . " . " couldn't couldnt ' ' pretend thit th'lt thlt ' to Grand Grandmother Grandmother mother . . " "No No " .No No . , , " Bryn said . "Ita8n't "It It " \ wasn't wasnt \\a8n't a8n't a8nt ' so much what I ought oughtto oughtto to say to Grandmother , anyway anyway"she anywayshe , " , " che ; said 'I I ' hadn't hadnt ' 1"e 1e " really 1"e1ly \1ly 1ly \ thought thoughtof of talking tal1.Ing tal1Ing . to her ber about you It was wasthe wasthe the way I ought to act . . I was won wondering . dering derlng . . . " " "Yes Yes " iff iff"It's ? " "It's Its " ' really Gary's Garys ' Idea , " , " she said saidhastily saidhastily hastily . . "He He " came to me about It Itthis Itthis this morning mornLng He's Hes lIe's lIes ' afraid Grand Grandmother Grandmother mother might get to wondering wonderingabout wonderingabout about us . us . You see , she thinks we . . . we love each other the way wayother wayother other people do when whcn they're theyre ' mar roar married . ried rled , " " she explaIn explained cd . . "I I " suspected aa a . ! much . , " Bryn saidlightly saId saIdlIghtly lIghtly . "Well Well " , Is there somethIn somethingI I can cun do about IU It ? " Tm "I'm Im " ' afraid she's shes ' going to be bewatching bewatching watching for tor a while , nnyway anY\\I1Y anY I1Y \ . Un Un- Until Until - til she's shes ' satisfied saUstlt > d I Ywas wa wondering . . . It's Its ' ' Gary's Garys ' Idea , you know know.There's know.Theres knowTheres . 'rhere's rheres ' ' a little s sewing wing room just ut utthe atthe the head of the stairs . . ' There's Theres 'rbcre's rbcres ' a adoor adoor door Into my sitting room Grand Grandmother Grandmother mother ne\ ne never neer \ er goes In there ; : It If ) vou ou don't dont ' mind dreadfully drendfultr , you could could1Ia couldhave 1Ia\ 1Ia 1Iae \ e It for your bedroomVhy bedroom " "Why Why \Vhy Vhy " \ , no , " Bryn said calmly . "I I "Iwouldn't "Iwouldn't Iwouldnt " wouldn't wouldnt ' mind . ' I'd Id ' h have \ e to go ItO out outnnd outand nnd In through your sitting room roomthough , though Wouldn't Wouldnt ' you dislike dlsUke tha17 that ? " " "What What " I \ was as trying to tell teU you youwhcn youwhen whcn I first started to talk , " sbe sbereminded shereminded reminded him Wm , " "Is Is " that It Its s too late latetor latefor tor me to keep thinking what I llke llkeand likeand and whit wh'1t wh1t ' I don't dont ' . " So It was settled . CHAPTER VII " TF THIS Isn't Isnt ' heaven hea\"en hea "en en \ " , " S'lllysIghed Silly S'llly Sllly ' "IF IF SillyI * I sighed , looking about her Insupreme In Insupreme supreme content , , "then then " don't dont ' both bother . er to tell me ' I'm Im ' not dead . I don't dont don'twant don'twant dontwant ' want to be disturbed " She sat on the cool grass In the thewnverlng thewavering wnverlng sh shidow 1dow < of the tree'lgalnst treelgalnst tree'lgalnstwhose treeigalnstwhose ' whose smooth trunk Deborahvas Deborah \vas vas \ wasleaning vasleanIng leanIng The leaves overhead rus rustled rustied tled softly In the faint noond'1Y noond1Y noond'1Ybreeze noondlybreeze ' breeze They had congregated , all allsix allsix six of ot tlicm them , on the highest corner cornerof cornerof of the sloping lawn The orchard orchardbehInd orchardbehind behInd them , a smooth . stretch .stretch of ofs ofsward s\\ s sard \ ard unrolling unrolHng down to the stone stonewalls stonewalls walls below . "Me Me " , too , " , " Simon muttered He lay laystretched laystretched stretched out In the grass , his pipe pipein pipeIn in his mouth , his head on Sally Sallysknee t ; hnee . . Bryn sighed He IIe shifted his posl posltIon positlon tIon and moved a few Inches closer closerto closerto to Deborah He turned on his stom stomaCh stomach aCh , propped himself on his elbo elbowsand " s sand and gazed up at her . A few days daysago daysago ago , before these others had come comeand , and after she and Bryn had decld declded decided ed to be friends , she would ha\ ha hae hasmiled havesmiled \ e smiled down at him a n little llttle It " wasfun as asfun fun to smile at Br Br\n Br n . } \ n , once one had hadstarted hadstarted started He al alwlys " 1ys ' looked is 1S ' It If he hellhed heliked llhed being smiled at . But no\\ no noDeborah nowDeborah \ ' Deborah pretended not to know hnow th thithe 1t 1the < he was 1001 looking lng at her . , and regard regarded regarded ed stcidilv stc'ldllv stcldllv ' the hills far away a\'ay a 'ay ay \ ' Be Becau Because cau e Madeline " was "as as here noand now no\\ no \ ' . , and andUadeUne andMadeline UadeUne might not like m.e me . itA it itA A mist came Into her eyes , as asshe asshe she thought of ot Madeline Iadehne , and the thehills thehills hills swam In a noonday fog Poor Poor'ladeUne PoorMadeline 'ladeUne ladeUne 'ladeUneRSn't ' \ wasn't wasnt \\RSn't RSn't RSnt ' happy , for11 for ' \ ill \11 11 her herpretense herpretense pretense of light heirtedness he'lrtedness helrtedness ' , Debo Deborah ( ) - rah told herself . How could she be behappy behappy happy , seeing Bryn married , actu actually nctually ally married , to another girl Brynwis Bryn BrynW W 1S < lovely 10Hly . He acted exactly as It Itthey Itthey they really were man manled led , rea11v reallvlov 10\ 10 10ed \ ed each other , and he didn t try tryto tryto to . keep 1.eep 1eep Madeline from sceingThat seeing sceing seeingThat That night , as u usuil u'll ull ' . Deborah Deborahwent Deborahwent went Into Grandmother's Grandmothers ' room to tom'lhe tomike m'lhe mlhe ' . sure .sure that she was settled settledcomfortably settledcomfortably comfortably , and to |