Chapter VII

           Inthemeantime,hisinterestinMrs.Semplehadbeensecretlyandstrangelygrowing.WhenhereceivedaninvitationtocallattheSemplehome,heacceptedwithagreatdealofpleasure.Theirhousewaslocatednotsoveryfarfromhisown,onNorthFrontStreet,intheneighborhoodofwhatisnowknownasNo.956.Ithad,insummer,quiteawealthofgreenleavesandvines.Thelittlesideporchwhichornamenteditssouthwallcommandedacharmingviewoftheriver,andallthewindowsanddoorsweretoppedwithlunettesofsmall-panedglass.Theinteriorofthehousewasnotaspleasingashewouldhavehadit.Artisticimpressiveness,astothefurnitureatleast,waswanting,althoughitwasnewandgood.Thepictureswere—well,simplypictures.Therewerenobookstospeakof—theBible,afewcurrentnovels,someofthemoresignificanthistories,andacollectionofantiquatedoddsandendsintheshapeofbooksinheritedfromrelatives.Thechinawasgood—ofadelicatepattern.Thecarpetsandwall-paperweretoohighinkey.Soitwent.Still,thepersonalityofLillianSemplewasworthsomething,forshewasreallypleasingtolookupon,makingapicturewherevershestoodorsat.

           Therewerenochildren—adispensationofsexconditionswhichhadnothingtodowithher,forshelongedtohavethem.Shewaswithoutanynotableexperienceinsociallife,exceptsuchashadcometotheWigginfamily,ofwhichshewasamember—relativesandafewneighborhoodfriendsvisiting.

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