Ralph Henry Barbour

Name: The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

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“The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12”, published in 1911, is a work by Ralph Henry Barbour. It explores elements such as Larry, Jocelyn and lawn.

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ It—it's quite likely that I shall never marry anyone.” Larry laughed as he lighted another cigarette.
“Listen to that,” he scoffed. “Much you know about such things, sis. Why, you're only—eighteen, isn't it?”
“I'm almost nineteen,” I answered with dignity. “And I fancy I know just about as much of 'such things' as you do. You're only twenty yourself.”
“Well, as for that, a man sees more of life than a girl does,” he said complacently, “and learns more. But, look here, old girl, if it isn't Ned, who is it?” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ I know.”
“Not every girl, Larry. There are plenty of them, I guess, who don't care for—that sort of thing.”
“Pshaw! Homely ones, then!”
“No, really, Larry. I'm not handsome like Jocelyn, but I'm not homely, am I?”
“Rather not, sis! But you—you're different somehow.” I laughed.
“I'm different in that way,” I answered, looking across through the starlit darkness at the yellow gleam beyond the hedge. “I don't want a lot of men to—to admire me. I—want just one man to, Larry.”
“Hello!” he laughed. “Look here, sis, what's up? You sound absolutely spoony! Has Ned—er——”
“Ned!” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ XII WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT I don't think Aunt Myra was especially delighted to see Jocelyn Hare, for Jocelyn isn't her style. She's tall and big, with a lot of red-brown hair, and a complexion to dream of. I suppose she's what you'd call a man's woman, and never looks better than when in a riding habit. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ She's really very nice, but I suppose one is likely to be rather critical of a possible sister-in-law, and I did wish that Jocelyn's coloring wasn't quite so intense and that she wasn't quite so fond of admiration. Auntie was tickled to death to have Larry back. Next to the Major, Larry is the one best bet with auntie. And she likes Ned, too. In fact, auntie has a soft place in her heart for anything that's a man. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ You just look the other way. I'm going to shed my dressing-gown and shin up to the porch roof and wake Ned.”
“Well, but please be careful and don't make any noise,” I begged.
“Oh, what's the difference? We might just as well ring the door bell, I suppose, only Aunt Myra would have a conniption. Here goes.” I heard him scrambling up the post and then crawling over the edge of the roof. “All right,” he called down. “Don't forget my gown.”
Two or three minutes later the door swung open. Larry had wrapped a quilt around him and come down. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ Tully's, but there was a scrawly “R. H.” at the bottom in pencil. It said, “A Sun Worshiper sends thanks and homage and rejoices in the return of his deity.”
After the others had gone to bed that night Larry came over to my room for a chat, and I put out the light and we sat at the open window in our dressing-gowns and had a regular talkfest. Of course a good deal of it was Jocelyn.
“I don't mind telling you, sis, that she's got me hooked for fair,” he said finally, tossing his cigarette out of the window. I watched it fall and disappear in a little shower of sparks on the lawn. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ You've got someone on your mind. I can tell.”
“Then you'll just have to find out. You evidently know a lot more about it than I do.”
“Hm. All right. Keep it to yourself. But I tell you right now that I've got to look him over first, miss. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, The House in the Hedge — Chapter 12 (1911)

“ Reed to know that I had returned when I had promised to, and so I sent Peter over just before dinner with a big bunch of yellow nasturtiums and a card on which I wrote, “The Sun announces her safe return.” ”

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