"I never yet had anybody to come and go abjectly at the word of command, and I think it will be a delightful novelty." Jack approaching just then, she took his arm quite comfortably.
"Your brother tells me that during his absence you are to be my chief aide and attache," she advised that young man gaily; "that you'll fetch and carry and do what I tell you; and the first thing you must do is to call for me when you take Mr.Turner to the train." It is glorious to part so pleasantly as that from people you have persistently in mind, and Sam, with such cheerful recollections, enjoyed his vacation to the full as he did new and brilliant and unexpected things in closing up the Flatbush deal, keeping, in the meantime, in constant touch with his office and with such telegrams as these: "Established new tennis record this morning Westlake nowhere and has been snubbed do not know why." "Bowled two eighty five last night against Princeman two twenty am teaching her." "Danced six dances out of twelve with her says I'm better dancer than Billy Westlake." "Jumped Hollis Creek after her hat on horseback this afternoon Hollis dared not follow am to give her riding lessons." Then came this one: "Her father just told me she refused Princeman last night she will not talk to Hollis and scarcely to me is dull and does not eat I beat all entries in ten mile Marathon today and she hardly applauded wire instructions." Sam Turner took the next train.

One look at Miss Stevens, after he had traveled two years to reach Restview, made him suddenly intoxicated, for in her eyes there was ravenous hunger for him and he read it, and feeling rather sure of his ground he determined that now was the time to strike.

With that decisive end in view he dropped Jack at Meadow Brook and went right on over to Hollis Creek with Miss Josephine.

Of course there was no chance to talk quite intimately, with Henry up there ahead listening with all his ears, but there was every chance in the world to look into her eyes and grow delirious; to touch elbows; to look again and gaze deep into her eyes and see her turn away startled and half frightened; to say perfunctory things which meant nothing and everything, and receive perfunctory answers which meant as little and as much; but before they had arrived at Hollis Creek Sam was frankly and boldly holding her hand and she was letting him do it, and they were both of them profoundly happy and profoundly silly, and would just as leave have ridden on that way for ever.
Words seemed superfluous, but yet they were more or less necessary, so Sam got out at Hollis Creek Inn with her, and led the way determinedly and directly into the stuffy little parlor just off the main assembly room.

He saw Mr.Stevens in the door of the post-office, but only nodded to him, and then he drew Miss Josephine into the corner freest from observation.
"You know why I came back," he informed her, fixing her with a masterly eye; "I had to see you again.