I don't
THINK Edith WOULD be that way; she's too crazy to have you take her
around with the smart crowd, but if she DID, you needn't worry.
And another thing--I guess you won't mind Jim's own sister-in-law
speaking of it. Of course, I don't know just how matters stand
between you and Jim, but Jim and Roscoe are about as much alike as
two brothers can be, and Roscoe was very slow making up his mind;
sometimes I used to think he actually never WOULD. Now, what I mean
is, sisters-in-law can do lots of things to help matters on like
that. There's lots of little things can be said, and lots--"
She stopped, puzzled. Mary Vertrees had gone from pale to scarlet,
and now, still scarlet indeed, she rose, without a word of
explanation, or any other kind of word, and walked slowly to the
open door and out of the room.
Sibyl was a little taken aback. She supposed Mary had remembered
something neglected and necessary for the instruction of a servant,
and that she would return in a moment; but it was rather a rude excess
of absent-mindedness not to have excused herself, especially as her
guest was talking. And, Mary's return being delayed, Sibyl found
time to think this unprefaced exit odder and ruder than she had first
considered it.
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