Once that's
settled--well, you'll see what sort of a lover he can be!"
"Thank you so much for holding out a little hope and
encouragement, my dear!" Evadna, by the way, looked anything but
thankful; indeed, she seemed to resent the hope and the
encouragement as a bit of unwarranted impertinence. She glanced
toward the door as if she meditated an immediate departure, but
ended by settling back in the chair and beginning to rock again.
"It's a nasty, underhand business from start to finish," said
Miss Georgie, ignoring the remark. "It has upset everybody--me
included, and I'm sure it isn't my affair. It's just one of
those tricky cases that you know is rotten to the core, and yet
you can't seem to get hold of anything definite. My dad had one
or two experiences with old Baumberger--and if ever there was a
sly old mole of a man, he's one.
"Did you ever take after a mole, chicken? They used to get in
our garden at home. They burrow underneath the surface, you
know, and one never sees them.
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