But now shewas suddenly conscious of this odd
distaste for it.
Luckily it fell on the soft, velvety, padded roses
ofone of Mrs Cliffords famous hooked rugs.
Thirty years ago old Cornelius Treverne owned
Treewoofe.
They stood in the entrance hall at Treewoofe and
looked at eachother. Frank Dark was dark by name and dark by nature as the clan
said.
But she was smart enough to die before she gottoo
old.
Im not going to try to make you tell if you
dontwant to.
And it seems to me that I wish Id lived a bit
differently,Joscelyn. The clock on themantelpiece was not going. The house was built
on a little point running out intoBay Silver.
At least, thought Hugh bitterly, a cat always knows
its ownmind. That was CraigPenhallows way of looking at it, too. Men had no real
understanding about such sacredthings. WE have no real chance for the jug, of
course.
XVIIJoscelyn paused at the gate of her home and
looked at it with somedistaste. Ifeel Id just like to know the truth before I
die.
Life would be tedious without avendetta or
two.
He hated it because it had once reflected herface
and would reflect it no more forever. Palmer Dark had taken her mother and herAunt
Rachel home in his car. A house without rememberedlaughter is a pitiful thing. If
Aunt Becky hadnttold him, no doubt he had steamed the letter open the night afterthe
levee. As for the sense of it, theres no sense in heaps of things wedo, said Stanton
Grundy.
She lived so long in the States she gottheir
viewpoint. She always winced when Aunt Rachel gave herjabs about her behaviour. Very
few of the clan sympathizedwith him as to his resulting shoulder. I might even
believe you were right ifI were young enough to believe it. There wont be many of us
left in that case, said Stanton Grundy.
Would he get the divorce his mother and sisters
were always hintingat?
XVTell Joscelyn Dark I want to see her before she
goes home,Ambrosine, ordered Aunt Becky.
She had wanted to givethem one good final scare.
She was Hughs wife in law and shecould marry no other man. Oh, I think you
exaggerate, said Stanton Grundy, passing by.