He took flying leaps up the
stairs in pursuit of Louis. Catching him on the next floor, he made his
request known. Louis received it without sign of surprise, but inwardly,
as he hurried away, he was speculating upon what agencies could be at
work with the young man, that he should be so eager to do this deed of
extraordinary friendliness.
Mrs. Gray hesitated over Matthew Kendrick's invitation, although her
hospitable home was already crowded to the roof-tree. But, taking Judge
Calvin Gray into her counsels, she was so strongly advised by him to
accept the offer that she somewhat reluctantly consented to do so.
"It's great, Eleanor, simply great!" he urged. "It will do my friend
Matthew mere good than anything that has happened to him in a
twelvemonth. As for young Richard--from what I've seen to-night you've
nothing to fear from his part in the affair. Let them have Rufus and
Ruth--they'll enjoy it hugely. And give them as many more as will
relieve the congestion. Matthew could take care of a regiment in that
stone barracks of his."
"Sending Rufus and Ruth would give me quite space enough," she declared.
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