Captain Obed, who noticed his behavior, commented upon it.
"Cal'late Kenelm's beginnin' to realize gettin' engaged don't mean all joy," he said, with a chuckle.

"He's just got two bosses instead of one, that's all.

He's scart to death of Hannah at home and when he's here Imogene orders him 'round the way a bucko mate used to order a roustabout.

I said Hannah was in a clove hitch, didn't I?
Well, she is, but Kenelm--well, Kenelm's like a young one runnin' 'tiddly' on thin ice--worse'n that, 'cause he can't stop on either side, got to keep runnin' between 'em and look out and not fall in." Labor Day, the day upon which the Cape summer season really ends, did not, to the High Cliff House, mean the general exodus which it means to most of the Cape hotels.

Some of Thankful's lodgers left, of course, but many stayed, and were planning to stay through September if the weather continued pleasant.