I don't wonder the boys are all
sulky. If Baumberger wasn't here at all, I guess we'd have got
rid of 'em before now. I don't know as I think very much of
lawyers, anyhow. I believe I'd a good deal rather fight first
and go,to law about it afterward if I had to. But Thomas is
so--CALM!"
"I think I'll go down and have a look," said Good Indian
suddenly. "I'm not under Baumberger's orders, if the rest of the
bunch is. And I wish you'd tell Peaceful I want to talk to him,
Mother Hart--will you? Tell him to ditch his guardian angel
somehow. I'd like to see him on the quiet if I can, but if I
can't--"
"Can't be nice, and forgiving, and repentant, and--a dear?"
Evadna had crept over to him by way of the rocks behind the pond,
and at every pause in her questioning she pushed him forward by
his two shoulders. "I'm so furious I could beat you! What do you
mean, savage, by letting a lady stay all afternoon by herself,
waiting for you to come and coax her into being nice to you?
Don't you know I H-A-ATE you?" She had him by the ears, then,
pulling his head erratically from side to side, and she finished
by giving each ear a little slap and laid her arms around his
neck.
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