74/88 I didn't know he wasn't goin' to the Fair and he didn't know I wasn't. He would have gone only--only you deserted him to go off with your own--your own gentleman friend. Humph! I should think you would look ashamed!" Miss Parker's "shame"-- or her feelings, whatever they might be--seemed to render her speechless. Her brother saw his chance. I was so lonesome--" "Hush! Hush, Kenelm!" ordered Imogene. |