"
He turned to go. Caroline looked at him in surprise. "We are not
expecting callers," she said. "And certainly we are not going out
to-night. Why should you think such a thing?"
It was her uncle's turn to show surprise.
"Why," he said, with a glance at Stephen, "I see that you're all dressed
up, and so I thought, naturally--"
He paused.
Young Warren grunted contemptuously.
"We dressed for dinner, that is all," said Caroline.
"You--you mean you put these clothes on every night?"
"Certainly."
Captain Elisha was plainly very much astonished.
"Well," he observed, slowly. "I--guess I've made another mistake. Hum!
Good night."
"Good night," said Stephen, quickly. Caroline, however, seemed
embarrassed.
"Captain Warren," she said, "I thought possibly you might wish to talk
business with my brother and me. We--we understand that you have come
on business connected with father's will. It seems to me that the sooner
we--we--"
"Get it over the better, hey? Well, maybe you're right. It's an odd
business for an old salt like me to be mixed up in, that's a fact. If it
hadn't been so odd, if I hadn't thought there must be some reason, some
partic'lar reason, I--well, I guess I'd have stayed to home where I
belong. You mustn't think," he added, seriously, "that I don't realize
I'm as out of place amongst you and your rich friends as a live fish in
a barrel of sawdust.
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