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Chapter 6

           Ridiculousandimmense;for,clearly,moneyisrequiredformyplan,”hereflected;thenadded,meaningly,“andwehavetwosentimentaliststodealwith.”

           “Idon’tknowthatIunderstandyou,DonMartin,”saidMrs.Gould,coldly,preservingthelowkeyoftheirconversation.“But,speakingasifIdid,whoistheother?”

           “ThegreatHolroydinSanFrancisco,ofcourse,”Decoudwhispered,lightly.“Ithinkyouunderstandmeverywell.Womenareidealists;butthentheyaresoperspicacious.”

           Butwhateverwasthereasonofthatremark,disparagingandcomplimentaryatthesametime,Mrs.Gouldseemednottopayattentiontoit.ThenameofHolroydhadgivenanewtonetoheranxiety.

           “Thesilverescortiscomingdowntotheharbourtomorrow;awholesixmonths’working,DonMartin!”shecriedindismay.

           “Letitcomedown,then,”breathedoutDecoud,earnestly,almostintoherear.

           “Butiftherumourshouldgetabout,andespeciallyifitturnedouttrue,troublesmightbreakoutinthetown,”objectedMrs.Gould.

           Decoudadmittedthatitwaspossible.HeknewwellthetownchildrenoftheSulacoCampo:sullen,thievish,vindictive,andbloodthirsty,whatevergreatqualitiestheirbrothersoftheplainmighthavehad.Butthentherewasthatothersentimentalist,whoattachedastrangelyidealisticmeaningtoconcretefacts.

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