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wondering if Tom wouldn't rent it for the winter and spring. He's been
doing splendidly these last two or three years, and he owned some of the
property west of Twin Peaks that is building up so fast. I know he sold it
for quite a lot....And I sometimes wonder if he doesn't get as tired of
living in the same place year after year as I do. He could play golf at
the Ingleside....I am sure he will....It would be the very best thing
all round. Then we could run the house, and you and Mortimer would pay
something--never mind what....People would think it was the other way, if
they thought anything about it. Families often double up in that fashion."
"Maria! I can't believe it. It would be too perfect a solution, provided of
course that we pay all we cost. I should insist upon keeping the slips as
usual. You are an angel."
"We Groomes and Ballingers always stand by one another, don't we? The
Abbotts, too. Besides, it will certainly be no sacrifice on any of our
parts. It will mean a great deal to me to spend six months in town, and I
know that Tom has grown as tired of motoring back and forth every day as be
used to be of the train."
"It will be heavenly just having you." Alexina spoke with perfect
sincerity. She had not faltered before the prospect of work, but that of
Mortimer's society unrelieved for an indefinite time had filled her with
something like panic.
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