CHAPTER XV.
Some Affairs of the Heart Considered in their Relation to Dollars Cents.
Antonia was sitting in a hammock. Josie and Alice were not far away watching Cecil Barr-Smith, who was wading into the lake to get water-lilies for them, contrary to the ordinances of the city of Lattimore in such cases made and provided. The six were dawdling away our time one fine Sunday in Lynhurst Park. I forgot to say Mr. Elkins and myself were discussing affairs of state with Miss Hinckley.
“He’s such a ninny,” said Antonia.
“Aren’t all people when in his forlorn condition?” asked Jim.
Antonia looked away at the clouds, and did not reply.
“But if he had a morsel of the cynical philosophy he boasts of,” said she, “he could see.”
“I don’t know about that,” said Jim lazily, looking over at the other group; “a woman can conceal her feelings in such a case pretty completely.”