She was evidently
astonished at his enthusiasm. I suppose she thought he had at length
discovered his gold mine!
When I finally turned the mare around, he stopped me, laid his hand on
my arm and said in a confidential voice:
"I'm glad we discovered that we belong to the same society."
As I drove away I could not help chuckling when I heard his wife ask
suspiciously:
"What society is that?"
I heard no word of his answer: only the note in his voice of eager
explanation.
And so I drove homeward in the late twilight, and as I came up the
lane, the door of my home opened, the light within gleamed kindly and
warmly across the darkened yard: and Harriet was there on the step,
waiting.
II
A DAY OF PLEASANT BREAD
They have all gone now, and the house is very still. For the first time
this evening I can hear the familiar sound of the December wind
blustering about the house, complaining at closed doorways, asking
questions at the shutters; but here in my room, under the green reading
lamp, it is warm and still. Although Harriet has closed the doors,
covered the coals in the fireplace, and said good-night, the atmosphere
still seems to tingle with the electricity of genial humanity.
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