Chapter 47

           Andthen,asplannedthatnightbetweenthematriptoGrassLakethenextmorninginseparatecars,butwhich,upontheirarrivalandtohissurprise,provedtobesomuchmorebrisklytenantedthanheanticipated.Hewasverymuchdisturbedandfrightenedbytheevidenceofsomuchactivelifeuphere.Forhehadfanciedthis,aswellasBigBittern,wouldbeallbutdeserted.Yetherenow,asbothcouldsee,itwasthesummerseatandgatheringplaceofsomesmallreligiousorganizationorgrouptheWinebrennariansofPennsylvaniaasitprovedwithatabernacleandnumerouscottagesacrossthelakefromthestation.AndRobertaatonceexclaiming:

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

           AndClyde,puzzledandshakenbythissuddenandhighlyunsatisfactorydevelopment,atonceannounced:"Why,sureI’llgooverafterabitandsee,"yethismindbusywithschemesforcircumventingher.Hewouldtakeheroutinaboatafterregisteringandgettingsettledandremaintoolong.Orshouldapeculiarlyremoteandunobservedspotbefound...butno,thereweretoomanypeoplehere.Thelakewasnotlargeenough,andprobablynotverydeep.Itwasblackordarkliketar,andsentineledtotheeastandnorthbytall,darkpinestheserriedspearsofarmedandwatchfulgiants,astheynowseemedtohimogresalmostsogloomy,suspiciousandfantasticallyerraticwashisownmoodinregardtoallthis.

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