murmured Dora softly.
“Yes, and lots of things like that. A man of his age doesn’t say them as Charlie or Graham might. Love is a much more serious thing with a real man than with a boy.”
“Yes, I suppose so,” sighed Dora.
“And don’t you remember what Effie Gowan told us she had heard her mother laughing and telling her father? That when he asks after us he always says, ‘Well, how are the ducky little girls?’ Or else, ‘When are you going to bring the little pets down?’”
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“Y-yes,” said Dora, “yes, I suppose he must be serious then—as he’s not a boy.”
“And Mrs. Gowan told me privately that she really did hope Hugh would marry and that she thought a bright young wife would do him a world of good and get him out of all his old-fashioned ways. Said it meaningly, too.”
“Oh, well,” said Dora, “I had better go. It must be nearly time to dress for dinner. What are you going to wear, Bee?”
And Hugh was promptly shelved to permit of this more important point being properly discussed.
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