“Oh, I thought I heard your voice,” and both small hands clasped his. “Fairy godmother I have spelled all those queer words until I can just feel them in my brain. Oh, doctor, when I wrote you that letter last summer wasn’t some words wrongly spelled? You see I had forgotten some things, and I am learning so much. I want to stay here, and I don’t believe any one else wants me—only the babies might.”
When she glanced up at times it seemed as 239 if the pupil that was so much darker than the iris that it flooded it with the tint of the under wave that seemed to overflow the crest of the swell. They were unusual eyes, changing with every emotion. She looked quite well again, and the lips were rosy.
“Oh, you don’t?” with a queer little smile. “Well the babies can’t have you.”
“Oh, Bridget thinks if she were rich she would run away with me,” and she laughingly detailed the woman’s plan for their journeying about.
“If Bridget should get a windfall—servants do sometimes, we should have to keep a sharp eye on you both, and now I must go.”
“Can’t he stay to dinner?” She crossed over and pressed Miss Armitage’s hand to her soft cheek.
“Why we shall be glad to have him, but you must notify Jane and Norah.”
She returned with the compliments of both. While they were waiting for the summons and being beguiled with her pleasant chatter he was thinking what a charming family group they would make. If he only had the old fortune! 240
They had an enjoyable time and when they returned to the library she begged him to play chess. She was so fond of following the devious course of the opposing parties.
“Office calls will not begin until eight,” he said and she rolled up the table and brought out the beautiful chess men. She was always so deft it was a pleasure to watch her.