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VII. Aunt Olivia's Beau |
Page 10 of 10 |
When we drove up to the station, where the train was shunting amid the shadows, Aunt Olivia made a flying leap from the buggy and ran along the platform, with her cape streaming behind her and all her brooches and chains glittering in the lights. I tossed the reins to a boy standing near and we followed. Just under the glare of the station lamp we saw Mr. Malcolm MacPherson, grip in hand. Fortunately no one else was very near, but it would have been all the same had they been the centre of a crowd. Aunt Olivia fairly flung herself against him. "Malcolm," she cried, "don't go--don't go--I'll marry you-- I'll go anywhere--and I don't care how much mud you bring in!" That truly Aunt Olivia touch relieved the tension of the situation a little. Mr. MacPherson put his arm about her and drew her back into the shadows. "There, there," he soothed. "Of course I won't be going. Don't cry, Nillie-girl." "And you'll come right back with me now?" implored Aunt Olivia, clinging to him as if she feared he would be whisked away from her yet if she let go for a moment. "Of course, of course," he said. |
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