"
"Now, Maude," said Quincy, "you go right home and keep your mouth shut a
little while longer, and when you are sixteen"--"the ninth of next
January," broke in Maude--"I'll give you a handsome gold watch, with my
picture in it."
"I don't have to be paid to keep your secrets, Quincy," replied Maude
archly, as Quincy kissed her.
"I know it, dear," said Quincy; "I'll give you the watch, not as pay,
but to show my gratitude."
Quincy took an early opportunity to explain to his wife his remissness
in not informing his parents of his marriage, and disclosed to her Aunt
Ella's plan.
On the tenth, Mrs. Chessman's spacious parlor was thronged from nine
till eleven o'clock with bright and shining lights, representing the
musical, artistic, literary, and social culture of Boston. Among the
guests were the Hon. Nathaniel Adams Sawyer, his wife, and his
daughters, Florence and Maude. The surprise of the visitors at the
discovery that Bruce Douglas was a young woman was followed by one of
great pleasure at finding her beautiful and affable.
The reception and entertainment were acknowledged on all sides to have
been most successful, and a thoroughly pleased and satisfied company had
spoken their farewells to author and hostess by quarter-past eleven.
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