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Chapter IX. Convention’s Own Tinder-box: The Eye That Is Green

           Therewasfinefurniture,arrangedassoothinglyastheartisticperceptionoftheoccupantswarranted.Thereweresoftrugs,rich,upholsteredchairsanddivans,agrandpiano,amarblecarvingofsomeunknownVenusbysomeunknownartist,andanumberofsmallbronzesgatheredfromheavenknowswhere,butgenerallysoldbythelargefurniturehousesalongwitheverythingelsewhichgoestomakethe“perfectlyappointedhouse.”

           Inthedining-roomstoodasideboardladenwithglisteningdecantersandotherutilitiesandornamentsinglass,thearrangementofwhichcouldnotbequestioned.HerewassomethingHurstwoodknewabout.Hehadstudiedthesubjectforyearsinhisbusiness.HetooknolittlesatisfactionintellingeachMary,shortlyaftershearrived,somethingofwhattheartofthethingrequired.Hewasnotgarrulousbyanymeans.Onthecontrary,therewasafinereserveinhismannertowardtheentiredomesticeconomyofhislifewhichwasallthatiscomprehendedbythepopularterm,gentlemanly.Hewouldnotargue,hewouldnottalkfreely.Inhismannerwassomethingofthedogmatist.Whathecouldnotcorrect,hewouldignore.Therewasatendencyinhimtowalkawayfromtheimpossiblething.

           TherewasatimewhenhehadbeenconsiderablyenamouredofhisJessica,especiallywhenhewasyoungerandmoreconfinedinhissuccess.Now,however,inherseventeenthyear,Jessicahaddevelopedacertainamountofreserveandindependencewhichwasnotinvitingtotherichestformofparentaldevotion.Shewasinthehighschool,andhadnotionsoflifewhichweredecidedlythoseofapatrician.

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