Garth"--
A sudden exclamation from Robert, as he sprang to his feet, interrupted
the reading.
"What does that insufferable puppy mean? Who would ever have thought
that Sara, little Princess Sara, would stoop to quote, and run around
with, some fool of a singing student, an ill-natured one at that! I
can't"--
"Robert," said his aunt severely, "how can I then read if you do thus
make a jack-that-jumps of yourself? Can you not sit down once again
while I continue?"
He sat down, frowning fiercely, and she read on,--
"'which is too severe, but made it easier for me to refuse his kind
invitation to accompany me there. I often wish I could learn to like
society better, if only for Molly's sake; but it is still too much in
the way of a duty that I take what, to a well-regulated mind, should be
a pleasure.'"
"Humph!" muttered the nephew, with a relieved look; and his aunt read
the remaining page in peace.
It spoke of the Macons, her last article, etc., ending with the modest
sentence, "and now, pray remember us all most kindly to your nephew."
Robert's face lighted up at this, though there was a lurking trouble in
his eye. "Aunt Felicie," he said abruptly, "what am I waiting for?"
"How can I that thing tell, my nephew? Is it that you have need of me to
mend a button, or"--
"Don't tease, auntie! You know I don't mean any such trivial thing.
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