Corwin. Marguerite meanwhile was to be the guest of the
Willards.
"Next week we'll run up to Newport," said Dorothy. "The house is
ready, and Bob is going for his cruise."
Marguerite looked at her curiously for a moment.
"Did you intend to go there all along?" she asked.
"Yes--of course. Why do you ask?" returned Mrs. Willard.
"Why, that very idea came into my mind at the moment," replied
Marguerite. "I thought this afternoon I'd run up to Riverdale and
stay with the Hallidays next week, when all of a sudden Newport came
into my mind, and it has been struggling there with Riverdale for two
hours--until I almost began to believe somebody was trying to compel
me to go to Newport. If it is your idea, and has been all along,
I'll go; but if Stuart Harley is trying to get me down there for
literary purposes, I simply shall not do it."
"You had better dismiss that idea from your mind at once, my dear,"
said Mrs. Willard. "Mr. Harley never compels. No compulsion is the
corner-stone of his literary structure; free will is his creed: you
may count on that.
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