Kemp in his absence."
"Why should it, my dear, since it give you a chance to uphold him?"
There is a way of saying "my dear" that is as mortifying as a slap in the
face.
The dark blood surged over the girl's cheeks. She drew a long, hard
breath, and then said in a low voice, --
"I think we will not quarrel, Louis. Will you get off at the next corner
with me? I have a prescription to be made up at the drug-store."
"Certainly."
If Arnold had showed anger, he was man enough not to be ashamed of it; this
is one of man's many lordly rights.
Chapter VII
Mrs. Jules Levice was slowly gaining the high-road to recovery, and many of
the restrictions for her cure had been removed. As a consequence, and with
an eye ever to Ruth's social duties, she urged her to leave her more and
more to herself.
As a matter of course, Ruth had laid the case of Bob and his neighborhood
before her father's consideration. A Jewish girl's life is an open page to
her family. Matters of small as well as of larger moment are freely
discussed. The result is that while it robs her of much of her Christian
sister's spontaneity, which often is the latter's greatest charm, it also,
through the sagacity of more experienced heads, guards her against many
indiscretions.
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