Goward and all that
he said--whether I was perfectly SURE he didn't mention any name. She
looked worried and unhappy. Then she asked about Lorraine, but in an
indifferent voice, as if she was really thinking about something else.
I told her all I knew, but she didn't say a word or pay much attention
until I mentioned that the man in the photograph was Mr. Lyman Wilde.
Then--well, I wish you had seen Aunt Elizabeth! She made me promise
afterwards that I'd never tell a single soul what happened, and I
won't. But I do wish sometimes that Billy and I lived on a desert
island, where there wasn't anybody else. I just can't bear being home
when everybody is so unhappy, and when not a single thing I do helps
the least little bit!
VI. THE SON-IN-LAW
by John Kendrick Bangs
On the whole I am glad our family is no larger than it is. It is a very
excellent family as families go, but the infinite capacity of each
individual in it for making trouble, and adding to complications
already sufficiently complex, surpasses anything that has ever before
come into my personal or professional experience. If I handle my end of
this miserable affair without making a break of some kind or other, I
shall apply to the Secretary of State for a high place in the
diplomatic service, for mere international complications are
child's-play compared to this embroglio in which Goward and Aunt
Elizabeth have landed us all.
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