Strangely enough, it was the first time she
had met him when he seemed not wholly occupied with herself, but rather
on his way to some affair of strong interest in which she had no concern
and from which she was detaining him. It was not that he was failing in
the extreme courtesy she had learned to expect from him under all
conditions. But--well, it struck her that he would return to his
companion in the glass-screened office and immediately forget her. This
was a change, indeed!
"However you choose to put it," declared Uncle Rufus kindly, "it's a
mighty fine thing for Hugh, and we wish you both success."
"You will have it. I have found my lavender linen," said Roberta,
turning back to the counter.
Richard came around to her side. "Didn't you expect to find it?" he
inquired with interest.
"I really didn't at all. We seldom find summer goods shown in a town
like this till spring is well along, least of all coloured dress linens.
But you have several shades, besides a beautiful lot of white."
"That's Carson's buying," said he, fingering a corner of the
lilac-tinted goods she held up. "I shouldn't know it from gingham.
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