As Quincy rose to leave the table, he said to his mother, "I have
another gift for father and you, but it has not yet arrived. I am going
to see about it this morning."
"You will be sure to come to dinner, Quincy," fell from his mother's
lips.
"I promise you, mother," he replied. "I would not miss it for anything."
A little after noontime, the Chessman carriage arrived at the Beacon
Street mansion of the Hon. Nathaniel Adams Sawyer, and a moment later
Mrs. Ella Chessman and the young author, Bruce Douglas, were ushered
into the spacious and elegant parlor. They were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Sawyer and their daughter Florence.
Twenty minutes later a carriage arrived before the same mansion. Its
occupants were Sir Stuart Fernborough, his granddaughter, and Mdme.
Archimbault. A few minutes later Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Ernst appeared,
having walked the short distance from their rooms on Chestnut Street.
The new arrivals were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer by Mrs. Chessman,
and a pleasant ante-prandial conversation was soon under way.
From behind the curtains of a second-story window of the mansion, a
young miss had watched the arrival and departure of the carriages.
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