Page 30 (1/2)

At all events Robert proposed it, and there was not a dissenting voice

There was not one but was ready to follohen he led the way He did

not lead the way, however, he directed the way; and he himself loitered

behind with the lovers, who had betrayed a disposition to linger and

hold themselves apart He walked between them, whether with malicious or

mischievous intent was not wholly clear, even to hinolles walked ahead; the wo upon the

arms of their husbands Edna could hear Robert's voice behind them,

and could sometimes hear what he said She wondered why he did not join

them It was unlike him not to Of late he had so his devotion upon the next and the

next, as though to make up for hours that had been lost She missed him

the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one

ht

The people walked in little groups toward the beach They talked and

laughed; so down at Klein's

hotel, and the strains reached thee, rare odors abroad--a tangle of the sea sled with the heavy perfuht sat lightly upon