He took her
little missive, and under "Look," he wrote, "I have;" under "Say
nothing," "I will;" under "forget," "never." "And I never shall," he
said to himself, as he replaced the box upon the table. He then lay down
to rest upon the bed, but he could get no sleep.
When the servant brought him his imitation coffee--an imitation so
successful that Yram made him a packet of it to replace the tea that he
must leave behind him--he rose and presently came downstairs into the
drawing-room, where he found Yram and Mrs. Humdrum's grand-daughter, of
whom I will say nothing, for I have never seen her, and know nothing
about her, except that my father found her a sweet-looking girl, of
graceful figure and very attractive expression. He was quite happy about
her, but she was too young and shy to make it possible for him to do more
than admire her appearance, and take Yram's word for it that she was as
good as she looked.
CHAPTER XXIV: AFTER DINNER, DR. DOWNIE AND THE PROFESSORS WOULD BE GLAD
TO KNOW WHAT IS TO BE DONE ABOUT SUNCHILDISM
It was about six when George's _fiancee_ left the house, and as soon as
she had done so, Yram began to see about the rug and the best substitutes
she could find for the billy and pannikin. She had a basket packed with
all that my father and George would want to eat and drink while on the
preserves, and enough of everything, except meat, to keep my father going
till he could reach the shepherd's hut of which I have already spoken.
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