Amy had been swept
from the stage; but Lemoyne, a figure of doubt, was yet in its background.
"I must have a 'close-up'," Randolph declared to himself, "and find out
what he comes to." Cope had shown some reluctance to meet his advances--a
reluctance which, he felt, was not altogether Cope's own.
"I know we shall be glad to come sometime," replied Cope, with seeming
heartiness. This heartiness may have had its element of the genuine; at any
rate, here was another "good house," from which no one need shut himself
out without good cause. If Lemoyne developed too extreme a reluctance, he
would be reminded that he was cherishing the hope of a position in the
registrar's office, for at least half of the day; also, that Randolph
enjoyed some standing in University circles, and that his brother-in-law
was one of the trustees.
"Yes, indeed," continued Cope, in a further corroboration which might
better have been dispensed with.
"You will be welcome," replied Randolph quietly. He would have preferred a
single assurance to a double one.
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_COPE IN DOUBLE DANGER_
Meanwhile Cope and Lemoyne refined daily on the details of their new menage
and applied themselves with new single-mindedness to their respective
interests.
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