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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.
