" And a single small
taper is infinitely greater in point of light and cheer than none at all.
Carolyn's little world underwent illumination, and she with it. She
promptly soared to a shining infinity.
Medora Phillips could not overlook Carolyn's general glow, nor the sense of
elevation she conveyed. Things became clearer still when Carolyn passed on
the scanty message which Cope had added at the end. "Best regards to Mrs.
Phillips"--there it was, so far as it went. And Medora felt, along with
Carolyn, that a slight mention was an immensity of times greater than no
mention at all. "Very kind, very thoughtful of him, I'm sure," she said
without irony.
Carolyn let her read the letter for herself. It was a brief, cool, succinct
thing, and not at all unsuited for general circulation. "Best regards to
Mrs. Phillips. Yours very sincerely, Bertram L. Cope," she read again;
then, like Carolyn, she retired for meditation.
Well, from its dozen or fifteen lines several things might fairly be
inferred. "Three or four days in Winnebago"--a scanty pattern for a visit.
Had three or four been enough? Had Lemoyne been found glum and unpleasant?
Had those months of close companionship brought about a mutually diminished
interest? Not a word as to Lemoyne's accompanying him to Freeford, or
joining him there later.
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