"
"That's all right," said Mandy; "but that don't tell me what you are out
for, anyway."
"Well, you didn't suppose," said Hiram, "that I could go all day long
without seein' you, did yer, Mandy?"
Mrs. Crowley chuckled to herself and went into the side room. Even Swiss
seemed to recognize that two were company and he followed Mrs. Crowley
and resumed his old resting place in the corner on the pallet.
As Mrs. Crowley went about her work, she chuckled again, and said to
herself, "It's a weddin' I'll be goin' to next time in place of a
funeral."
Upstairs other important events were taking place. Quincy had gone to
his room directly after breakfast, and looked out upon the wild scene of
storm with a sense of loneliness that had not hitherto oppressed him.
Why should he be lonely? Was he not in the same house with her, with
only a thin wall of wood and plaster between them? Yes, but if that wall
had been of granite one hundred feet thick, it could not have shut him
off more effectually from seeing her lovely face and hearing her sweet
voice.
There came a sharp rap at the door.
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