[A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter]@TWC D-Link bookA Daughter of the Land CHAPTER X 12/26
From the same standpoint: would you say from your observation and experience that the mother of the man had any insurmountable objection to the proceedings ?" Mrs.Jardine laughed again.
Finally she said: "No, my dear.
It's my firm conviction that the mother of the man in the case would be so delighted if you should love and marry her son that she would probably have a final attack of heart trouble and pass away from sheer joy." "Thank you," said Kate.
"I wasn't perfectly sure, having had no experience whatever, and I didn't want to make a mistake." That drive was wonderful, over beautiful country roads, through dells, and across streams and hills.
They stopped where they pleased, gathering flowers and early apples, visiting with people they met, lunching wherever they happened to be. "If it weren't for wishing to hear John A.Logan to-night," said Kate, "I'd move that we drive on all day.
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