When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Aunt Selina should come down, or Mr. Harbison come out of the
den? "Why DID you come, then, Bella?" I inquired. "He may come in." "I was passing in the motor," she said, and I honestly think she hoped I would believe her, "and I saw that am--" She stopped and began again. "I thought Jim was out of town, and I came to see Takahiro," she said brazenly. "He was devoted to me, and Evans is going to leave. I'll tell you what to do, Kit. I'll go back to the dining room, and you send Taka there. If any one comes, I can slip into the pantry." "It's immoral," I protested. "It's immoral to steal your--" "My own butler!" she broke in impatiently. "You're not usually so scrupulous, Kit. Hurry! I hear that hateful Anne Brown." So we slid back along the hall, and I rang for Takahiro. But no one came. "I think I ought to tell you, Bella," I said as we waited, and Bella was staring around the room--"I think you ought to know that Miss Caruthers is here." Bella shrugged her shoulders. "Well, thank goodness," she said, "I don't have to see her. The only pleasant thing I remember about my year of married life is that I did NOT meet Aunt Selina." |
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