"And they teach that--at school?" she demanded. "And take money for it?
And call it SCIENCE? My land! I guess I was brought up in a scientific
household, then. I was the only girl in the family, and mother died when
I was ten years old."
After dinner she consented to sit for a time, though not until she had
donned her Sunday best, earrings and all. Captain Elisha and Sylvester
sat with them, and the big fireplace in the sitting room blazed and
roared as it had not since its owner left for his long sojourn in the
city. In the evening callers came, the Congregational minister and
his wife, and some of the neighbors. The latter were pleasant country
people, another retired sea captain among them, and they all seemed to
have great respect and liking for Captain Elisha and to be very glad to
welcome him home. The two captains spun salt water yarns, and the lawyer
again decided that he was getting just what he had come for. They left
a little after nine, and Caroline said good night and went to her room.
She was tired, mentally and physically.
But she did not fall asleep at once. Her mind was still busy with the
suspicion which her uncle's words concerning his future plans for Steve
had aroused. She had thought of little else since she heard them.
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