“I have begun already. Somehow I never thought you would mind being away.”
“Why, we always go to the Temple, you know; and I would not miss the Atonement services for a great deal.”
“Why don’t you say ‘Yom Kippur,’ as everybody else does?”
“Because ‘Atonement’ is English and means something to me. Is there anything odd about that?”
“I suppose not. By the way, if there is anything you would like to have done while you are away, let me know.”
“I think I have seen to everything. You might run in and see Louis now and then.”
“Louis,” Mrs. Lewis called instantly, “be sure to come in often for dinner while the folks are gone.”
“Thank you; I shall. The last dinner I ate with you was delicious enough to do away with any verbal invitation to another.”
He arose, seeing Ruth had risen and was kissing her cousins good-by.
Mrs. Lewis beamed with pleasure at his words.