That Camden Summer by LaVyrle Spencer

Author:LaVyrle Spencer [Spencer, LaVyrle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780002253772
Publisher: London : HarperCollins, 1996.
Published: 2010-01-05T08:00:00+00:00

"Whatever Myra Halburton says, that younger daughter of hers is behind this rivalry between Gabriel and Elfred. Why else would two grown men who've been friends for years get into a fistfight that way?"

"And right out on the front yard where everyone could see it! "

Tabitha Ogier said, "My grandson has been spending quite a bit of time at that Jewett house this summer. Seems he's got an eye for the oldest girl. Some of the things he's heard over there . . . well, let me tell you, it would make your hair curl."

"I saw that Jewett woman over at Gabriel Farley's house the night they say he beat up Elfred. Parked her car there just as bold as brass, and I happen to know his daughter wasn't home at the time. "

"Well, I haven't spoken up till now - out of respect for Myra - but I actually saw the

fight." Niella Wince's lips were pursed up with self-importance.

"You didn't!"

"Most of it. Out my bedroom window. Goodness gracious, a person couldn't help but look with all that yelling going on. What Gabe was yelling a lady wouldn't repeat, but let me tell you, it didn't leave any question that that divorced woman thinks every man is fair game, whether he's married or not."

They all chewed on that for a while, then someone said, "Poor Grace."

"Oh my, yes, poor Grace."

"And poor Caroline. What would she think if she were still alive?"

"And those children. For heaven's sake, imagine what they've been exposed to with a mother like that."

"Myra Halburton wouldn't hear it from my lips, but I said it years ago when Roberta left Camden because it wasn't good enough for her

- I said-, 'Mark my words, that girl's going to fall into no good, moving off to the city that way.' And sure enough, doesn't she come back eighteen years later divorced and footloose, thinking she can carry on her indiscretions on our doorsteps as if we were blind and stupid."

"Gabriel Farley's been at her place plenty, let rne tell you. They say it started the first day she got into town. He and Elfred both went running up there to her house like a pair of regular tomcats. And they've been there plenty since. "

"What about those Jewett children? Shouldn't

somebody look into it and see that they're removed from their home if it's being run like a bordello?"

"V7ho?" "Well, I don't know, but somebody should do it. "

"Well, it's not going to be me."

"But aren't we the Benevolent Society? Doesn't that make it our duty?"

"Now, just a minute. I don't know that being the Benevolent Society gives us the right to intrude on someone's personal affairs."

"Oh, doesn't it? Then who should look after the welfare of those children? After all, they're the grandchildren of one of our members."

"Then let Myra Halburton look after their welfare."

"Can't you see that poor Myra is too mortified by these activities of her younger daughter to admit what's going on? And you've got to feel sorry for her, too.

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