"
"I do believe you are right," said Mrs. Willard, looking at her watch
anxiously. "What will you do if you miss the steamer?"
"Escape a horrid fate," laughed Marguerite, gayly.
"Poor Mr. Harley--why, it will upset his whole story," said Mrs.
Willard.
"And save his reputation," said Marguerite. "It wouldn't have been
real, that story," she added. "In the first place, Balderstone
couldn't write a story that would fascinate me; he could never
acquire a baleful influence over me; and, finally, I never should
marry Robert Osborne under any circumstances. He's not at all the
style of man I admire. I'm willing to go along and let Mr. Harley
try to work it out his way, but he will give it up as a bad idea
before long--if I catch the steamer; and if I don't, then he'll have
to modify the story. That modified, I'm willing to be his heroine."
"But your aunt and the twins--they must be aboard by this time. They
will be worried to death about you," suggested Mrs. Willard.
"For a few moments--but Aunt Emma wanted to go, and she and the rest
of them will have a good time, I've no doubt," replied Miss Andrews,
calmly; and here Stuart Harley's heroine actually chuckled.
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