They went downstairs to the dining-room for breakfast, and after
breakfast he told her he had some insurance business to attend to. "I
guess while I'm doing it you'd better step out and buy yourself whatever
you need." He smiled, and added with an embarrassed laugh: "You know I
always wanted you to beat all the other girls." He drew something from
his pocket, and pushed it across the table to her; and she saw that he
had given her two twenty-dollar bills. "If it ain't enough there's more
where that come from--I want you to beat 'em all hollow," he repeated.
She flushed and tried to stammer out her thanks, but he had pushed back
his chair and was leading the way out of the dining-room. In the hall he
paused a minute to say that if it suited her they would take the three
o'clock train back to North Dormer; then he took his hat and coat from
the rack and went out.
A few minutes later Charity went out, too. She had watched to see in
what direction he was going, and she took the opposite way and walked
quickly down the main street to the brick building on the corner of
Lake Avenue.
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