His training as a soldier
led him to obey without a word.
Miss Lou was magnanimous in her victory. "Cousin Madison," she said
earnestly, "why don't you end this wicked nonsense and act like a
cousin? As such I have no ill-will toward you, but I think you and
uncle must now see I'll stop at nothing that will keep me from
becoming your wife. There's no use of trying to make me think I'm
wrong in my feelings, for I now believe every true man would side
with me. Be my cousin and friend and I will give you my hand here
and now in goodwill."
But his anger was too strong to permit any such sensible action, and
he rushed away without a word.
"Madison!" called his mother. "Oh, I'm just overwhelmed," and she
covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.
"Well," said Mr. Baron in a sort of dreary apathy, "do you and
Louise wish to go away under an escort furnished by the major?"
"No," cried Mrs. Whately, "I would accept my fate rather than favor
at his hands. If I could only explain to him more fully--yet how can
I? My son, with all his faults, is all I have to live for.
Pages:
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276