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"
Oh
,
no
,
I
wo
n't
either
.
But
I
do
n't
think
we
're
going
to
follow
the
Finchleys
or
the
Cranstons
up
to
Twelfth
Lake
just
yet
,
either
.
You
can
go
up
there
if
you
want
,
if
Dad
'll
let
you
.
"
Just
then
the
lower
door
clicked
again
,
and
Bella
,
forgetting
her
quarrel
with
her
brother
,
ran
down
to
greet
her
father
.
The
head
of
the
Lycurgus
branch
of
the
Griffiths
,
as
contrasted
with
the
father
of
the
Kansas
City
family
,
was
most
arresting
.
Unlike
his
shorter
and
more
confused
brother
of
the
Door
of
Hope
,
whom
he
had
not
even
seen
for
thirty
years
,
he
was
a
little
above
the
average
in
height
,
very
well-knit
,
although
comparatively
slender
,
shrewd
of
eye
,
and
incisive
both
as
to
manner
and
speech
.
Long
used
to
contending
for
himself
,
and
having
come
by
effort
as
well
as
results
to
know
that
he
was
above
the
average
in
acumen
and
commercial
ability
,
he
was
inclined
at
times
to
be
a
bit
intolerant
of
those
who
were
not
.
He
was
not
ungenerous
or
unpleasant
in
manner
,
but
always
striving
to
maintain
a
calm
and
judicial
air
.
And
he
told
himself
by
way
of
excuse
for
his
mannerisms
that
he
was
merely
accepting
himself
at
the
value
that
others
placed
upon
him
and
all
those
who
,
like
himself
,
were
successful
.
Having
arrived
in
Lycurgus
about
twenty-five
years
before
with
some
capital
and
a
determination
to
invest
in
a
new
collar
enterprise
which
had
been
proposed
to
him
,
he
had
succeeded
thereafter
beyond
his
wildest
expectations
.
And
naturally
he
was
vain
about
it
.
His
family
at
this
time
--
twenty-five
years
later
--
unquestionably
occupied
one
of
the
best
,
as
well
as
the
most
tastefully
constructed
residences
in
Lycurgus
.
They
were
also
esteemed
as
among
the
few
best
families
of
this
region
--
being
,
if
not
the
oldest
,
at
least
among
the
most
conservative
,
respectable
and
successful
in
Lycurgus
.
His
two
younger
children
,
if
not
the
eldest
,
were
much
to
the
front
socially
in
the
younger
and
gayer
set
and
so
far
nothing
had
happened
to
weaken
or
darken
his
prestige
.
On
returning
from
Chicago
on
this
particular
day
,
after
having
concluded
several
agreements
there
which
spelled
trade
harmony
and
prosperity
for
at
least
one
year
,
he
was
inclined
to
feel
very
much
at
ease
and
on
good
terms
with
the
world
.
Nothing
had
occurred
to
mar
his
trip
.
In
his
absence
the
Griffiths
Collar
and
Shirt
Company
had
gone
on
as
though
he
had
been
present
.
Trade
orders
at
the
moment
were
large
.
Now
as
he
entered
his
own
door
he
threw
down
a
heavy
bag
and
fashionably
made
coat
and
turned
to
see
what
he
rather
expected
--
Bella
hurrying
toward
him
.
Indeed
she
was
his
pet
,
the
most
pleasing
and
different
and
artistic
thing
,
as
he
saw
it
,
that
all
his
years
had
brought
to
him
--
youth
,
health
,
gayety
,
intelligence
and
affection
--
all
in
the
shape
of
a
pretty
daughter
.
"
Oh
,
Daddy
,
"
she
called
most
sweetly
and
enticingly
as
she
saw
him
enter
.
"
Is
that
you
?
"
"
Yes
.
At
least
it
feels
a
little
like
me
at
the
present
moment
.
How
's
my
baby
girl
?
"
And
he
opened
his
arms
and
received
the
bounding
form
of
his
last
born
.
"
There
's
a
good
,
strong
,
healthy
girl
,
I
'll
say
,
"
he
announced
as
he
withdrew
his
affectionate
lips
from
hers
.
"
And
how
's
the
bad
girl
been
behaving
herself
since
I
left
?
No
fibbing
this
time
.
"
"
Oh
,
just
fine
,
Daddy
.
You
can
ask
any
one
.
I
could
n't
be
better
.
