"
But the confident tone brought no response of agreement from
Mary. On the contrary, her voice was, if anything, even colder
as she replied to his suggestion. She spoke with an emphasis that
brooked no evasion.
"What was your promise? I told you that I wouldn't go with you
until you had brought your father to me, and he had wished us
happiness." Dick placed his hands gently on his wife's shoulders
and regarded her with a touch of indignation in his gaze.
"Mary," he said reproachfully, "you are not going to hold me to
that promise?"
The answer was given with a decisiveness that admitted of no
question, and there was a hardness in her face that emphasized
the words.
"I am going to hold you to that promise, Dick."
For a few seconds, the young man stared at her with troubled
eyes. Then he moved impatiently, and dropped his hands from her
shoulders. But his usual cheery smile came again, and he
shrugged resignedly.
"All right, Mrs. Gilder," he said, gaily. The sound of the name
provoked him to new pleasure.
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