Some of
the things that Mr. Blithers said about Mr. Scoville will never be
forgotten by the four walls of that room, if, as commonly reported,
they possess auricular attachments.
Any one who imagines that Mr. Blithers accepted Maud's defection as a
final disposition of the cause he had set his heart upon is very much
mistaken in his man. Far from receding so much as an inch from his
position, he at once set about to strengthen it in such a way that
Maud would have to come to the conclusion that it was useless to
combat the inevitable, and ultimately would heap praises upon his
devoted head for the great blessing he was determined to bestow upon
her in spite of herself.
The last of the special coaches was barely moving on its jiggly way
to the main line, carrying the tag end of the revellers, when he set
forth in his car for a mid-day visit to Red Roof. Already the huge
camp of Slavs and Italians was beginning to jerk up the borrowed
rails and ties; the work trains were rumbling and snorting in the
meadows above Blitherwood, tottering about on the uncertain road-bed.
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