"Quincy mentioned it at the breakfast table."
"Was he informed of my opinions on religious matters?"
"They were not mentioned before him."
"Another coincidence"--and Uncle Ike relapsed into silence.
As they were nearing the Maxwell house, Alice asked, "Uncle Ike, are
you willing to have Mr. Gay call upon you?"
"I have no objection, if he will let me choose the subjects for
conversation," was the reply.
In the evening Maude and Mr. Merry walked to the Willows and back.
"Have you become a matchmaker?" Alice asked her husband.
"What prompts the question?"
"Maude and Mr. Merry have been thrown together very much. You approve
of you would prevent their intimacy."
Quincy laughed. "Maude undoubtedly has a heart, but she doesn't know
where it is. Mr. Merry is too sensible a fellow to imagine Maude will
fall in love with him, or that he could support her if she did."
"Poor logic, Quincy. Such marriages take place often, but unless they
are followed with parental blessings,--and financial backing,--seldom
prove successful.
"Well, the intimacy will end to-morrow morning. He will return to the
city, and, probably, never see her again."
"I've no objection to Mr. Merry. I consider him a very fine young
man. I was thinking of Maude's happiness."
Mr. Merry did return to Boston early the next morning, and, to all
appearances, Miss Sawyer looked upon his action as a very natural
one, and one in which she was not particularly interested.
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