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Behind the Arras

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           AtthesametimeheprivatelyregardedthisincidentasafinewindfallofchanceinalllikelihoodtheonethingwhichwouldservetoscaretheLieutenantaway.Outwardly,however,hedemandedeffrontery,assumption;andMrs.Carterwassomewhatcheered,butwhenshewasaloneshecried.Berenice,cominguponheraccidentallyandfindinghereyeswet,exclaimed:

           "Oh,mother,pleasedon’tbefoolish.Howcanyouactthisway?Wehadbettergoupinthecountryandrestalittlewhileifyouaresounstrung."

           Mrs.Carterprotestedthatitwasmerelynervousreaction,buttoBereniceitseemedthatwheretherewassomuchsmoketheremustbesomefire.

           HermannerintheaftermathtowardBraxmarwasgracious,butremote.Hecalledthenextdaytosayhowsorryhewas,andtoaskhertoanewdiversion.Shewassweet,butdistant.InsofarasshewasconcerneditwasplainthattheBealesChadseyincidentwasclosed,butshedidnotaccepthisinvitation.

           "MotherandIareplanningtogotothecountryforafewdays,"sheobserved,genially."Ican’tsayjustwhenweshallreturn,butifyouarestillhereweshallmeet,nodoubt.Youmustbesureandcometoseeus."Sheturnedtoaneastcourt-window,wherethemorningsunwasgleamingonsomeflowersinawindow-box,andbegantopinchoffadeadleafhereandthere.

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