7/28 "Are you busy, Father ?" she asked. "I promised Mr.Gershom that I would give you a message--such a silly message it is too." "Gershom ?" He repeated, and his face darkened. "What did he say to you? "I really must be going," she murmured, and then yielding suddenly either to inclination or to the pressure of Patty's hand, she crossed the threshold of the library and walked over to the front window. Outside, beyond the yard and the grotesque fountain, she saw the splendid outline of Washington, and beyond this the faint afternoon haze above the spires and chimneys of the city. |