Chapter 47

           Andthen,asplannedthatnightbetweenthem—atriptoGrassLakethenextmorninginseparatecars,butwhich,upontheirarrivalandtohissurprise,provedtobesomuchmorebrisklytenantedthanheanticipated.Hewasverymuchdisturbedandfrightenedbytheevidenceofsomuchactivelifeuphere.Forhehadfanciedthis,aswellasBigBittern,wouldbeallbutdeserted.Yetherenow,asbothcouldsee,itwasthesummerseatandgatheringplaceofsomesmallreligiousorganizationorgroup—theWinebrennariansofPennsylvania—asitprovedwithatabernacleandnumerouscottagesacrossthelakefromthestation.AndRobertaatonceexclaiming:

           "Now,there,isn’tthatcute?Whycouldn’twebemarriedovertherebytheministerofthatchurch?"

           AndClyde,puzzledandshakenbythissuddenandhighlyunsatisfactorydevelopment,atonceannounced:"Why,sure—I’llgooverafterabitandsee,"yethismindbusywithschemesforcircumventingher.Hewouldtakeheroutinaboatafterregisteringandgettingsettledandremaintoolong.Orshouldapeculiarlyremoteandunobservedspotbefound...butno,thereweretoomanypeoplehere.Thelakewasnotlargeenough,andprobablynotverydeep.Itwasblackordarkliketar,andsentineledtotheeastandnorthbytall,darkpines—theserriedspearsofarmedandwatchfulgiants,astheynowseemedtohim—ogresalmost—sogloomy,suspiciousandfantasticallyerraticwashisownmoodinregardtoallthis.

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