'" "'Ready to break,'
Kate said, with--"
MISS LORE--My! One evening he has his arm around her, and the next
morning he's ready to break her head! Just like a man!
MR. PENNE (with suspicious calmness)--There are times, Miss Lore, when
a man becomes so far exasperated that even a woman--But suppose we
finish the sentence. (Dictates.) "'Ready to break,' Kate said, with
the thrilling look of a soul-awakened woman, 'into foam and spray,
destroying themselves upon the shore they love so well."
MISS LORE--Oh!
MR. PENNE (dictates)--"Cortland, in Kate's presence heard faintly the
voice of caution. Thirty years had not cooled his ardor. It was in
his power to bestow great gifts upon this girl. He still retained the
beliefs that he had at twenty." (To Miss Lore, wearily) I think that
will be enough for the present.
MISS LORE (wisely)--Well, if he had the twenty that he believed he had,
it might buy her a rather nice one.
MR. PENNE (faintly)--The last sentence was my own. We will discontinue
for the day, Miss Lore.
MISS LORE--Shall I come again to-morrow?
MR.
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