Chapter VII

           Inthemeantime,hisinterestinMrs.Semplehadbeensecretlyandstrangelygrowing.WhenhereceivedaninvitationtocallattheSemplehome,heacceptedwithagreatdealofpleasure.Theirhousewaslocatednotsoveryfarfromhisown,onNorthFrontStreet,intheneighborhoodofwhatisnowknownasNo.956.Ithad,insummer,quiteawealthofgreenleavesandvines.Thelittlesideporchwhichornamenteditssouthwallcommandedacharmingviewoftheriver,andallthewindowsanddoorsweretoppedwithlunettesofsmall-panedglass.Theinteriorofthehousewasnotaspleasingashewouldhavehadit.Artisticimpressiveness,astothefurnitureatleast,waswanting,althoughitwasnewandgood.Thepictureswerewell,simplypictures.TherewerenobookstospeakoftheBible,afewcurrentnovels,someofthemoresignificanthistories,andacollectionofantiquatedoddsandendsintheshapeofbooksinheritedfromrelatives.Thechinawasgoodofadelicatepattern.Thecarpetsandwall-paperweretoohighinkey.Soitwent.Still,thepersonalityofLillianSemplewasworthsomething,forshewasreallypleasingtolookupon,makingapicturewherevershestoodorsat.

           Therewerenochildrenadispensationofsexconditionswhichhadnothingtodowithher,forshelongedtohavethem.Shewaswithoutanynotableexperienceinsociallife,exceptsuchashadcometotheWigginfamily,ofwhichshewasamemberrelativesandafewneighborhoodfriendsvisiting.

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