Chapter 8

           

           November5,Sunday.CarrieandItroubledaboutthatmereboyLupingettingengagedtobemarriedwithoutconsultingusoranything.Afterdinnerhetoldusallaboutit.Hesaidthelady’snamewasDaisyMutlar,andshewasthenicest,prettiest,andmostaccomplishedgirlheevermet.Helovedherthemomenthesawher,andifhehadtowaitfiftyyearshewouldwait,andheknewshewouldwaitforhim.

           Lupinfurthersaid,withmuchwarmth,thattheworldwasadifferentworldtohimnowitwasaworldworthlivingin.Helivedwithanobjectnow,andthatwastomakeDaisyMutlarDaisyPooter,andhewouldguaranteeshewouldnotdisgracethefamilyofthePooters.Carriehereburstoutcrying,andthrewherarmsroundhisneck,andindoingso,upsettheglassofportheheldinhishandalloverhisnewlighttrousers.

           IsaidIhadnodoubtweshouldlikeMissMutlarwhenwesawher,butCarriesaidshelovedheralready.Ithoughtthisratherpremature,butheldmytongue.DaisyMutlarwasthesoletopicofconversationfortheremainderoftheday.IaskedLupinwhoherpeoplewere,andhereplied:“Oh,youknowMutlar,WilliamsandWatts.”Ididnotknow,butrefrainedfromaskinganyfurtherquestionsatpresent,forfearofirritatingLupin.

           November6.Lupinwentwithmetotheoffice,andhadalongconversationwithMr.Perkupp,ourprincipal,theresultofwhichwasthatheacceptedaclerkshipinthefirmofJobCleanandsandCo.,StockandShareBrokers.

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