Astra by Grace Livingston Hill

Author:Grace Livingston Hill [Hill, Grace Livingston]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-63058-202-9
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Just about that time Rosamond Cameron and Camilla Blair were taking lunch together at the country club that was not too far from Rosamond’s home, so that she could easily get a bus back home and change for her bridge club which met that afternoon.

“So you didn’t get anywhere with my stubborn brother, you say, Cammie? I certainly am surprised, because he is usually so polite, at least, even if it’s something he doesn’t want to do.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say he was even polite,” said the aggrieved Camilla. “I told him I had something very important to talk over with him, something you and I were planning, and—”

“Oh, that’s a shame, Camilla! I ought to have told you not to mention my name. Just now I’ve been having several discussions with him, trying to get him to stay away from the stepmother, and he probably thinks this has something to do with it. I declare, he is simply maddening. I hoped if you threw yourself on his mercy and told him how bored you were staying in a strange city, he would do what you wanted. I believe you could wind him around your little finger, if you could get a start. He’s really a darling, you know, if you just get on the right side of him.”

Camilla lifted an offended chin.

“Well, I did everything I could, Roz, and he was just as offish as he could be. I really don’t think it’s worthwhile for me to try any further. You know I’m not used to crawling on my hands and knees for attention, and after all, I’ve got plenty of friends in the city, if I only take the trouble to let them know I am here. But do you know what I think, Roz? I believe he’s got another girl! Men don’t act so positively indifferent that way unless there’s another woman in the case.”

“No, Camilla. It’s not that. I’m sure! Positive! Charlie has never been much for going with girls. And then, you know there’s nothing much like a bunch of sisters for finding out all there is to know about their brothers.”

“Yes, but you girls have been away from home several years now. You don’t know what’s going on.”

“Indeed I do!” declared Rosamond. “We girls have had him on our mind, and we are determined he shall not spring some undesirable on us. You know he’s pretty reserved, and not everyone can get near enough to him to find out just what he’s aiming to do, but we girls understand him pretty well, and we’ve made it our business, one or the other of us, to get in touch with him once a week at least. We have a regular system for watching him. And so far, he’s fancy free. Of that I am definitely sure!”

“Well, I don’t know. You may think you’re sure, of course, but I’d be willing to bet there’s another girl somewhere in the offing!” Camilla helped herself generously to more whipped cream over her Christmas strawberries.

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