The Gray Ghost (A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure) by Clive Cussler

Author:Clive Cussler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780735218734
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

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“’TIS RASH,” I said to Reginald, “I know. But I came back hoping to catch a glimpse of Miss Atwater, and now I feel the fool. She never even noticed me on our first visit.” Perhaps because she’d never seen me. I tried drawing Reggie away. “Please don’t look in there, lest she notices us. Accompany me outside.”

“To what purpose?” Reginald asked, looking past me into the classroom.

I grasped his arm, guiding him down the hall, then out the door. “To work up the nerve to ask if she would consider allowing me to call on her.”

I paced in front of the carriage, pretending—nay, there was no pretense whatsoever—I was so besotted that I needed help with what I should say to Miss Atwater.

Reginald was at once amused and annoyed. “She’s a schoolteacher. And a bit long in the tooth. Do you sincerely think she wouldn’t be flattered by your attention?”

I ignored his assessment of the woman, whom I found perfect. “And what if she says no?”

“Either declare your intentions and risk your father’s wrath or go back to being the coward you are—and never knowing what may happen.”

Reginald had always been braver, stronger, faster, smarter. As children, I had often been the one to hang back, let my cousin take charge. It was easy to fall into that role now because I needed to keep Reginald out here, away from the headmaster’s office. But the truth of his words stung. I had always allowed my father to run roughshod over my interests. Reginald’s, too. And so, when I asked for pointers on how to approach Miss Atwater, I was very serious. “How do I do it?”

Before Reginald had a chance to answer, Isaac Bell came striding around the corner. He didn’t look at me or my cousin until he was nearly on us, and all he did was tip his hat and continue past as though he knew me not at all.

I was fortunate that, at that very moment, Miss Atwater appeared at the top of the stairs, drawing our attention away from Bell.

“Sir?” she said.

I was lost in her blue eyes, and it was a moment before I realized she was addressing me. “Pardon?”

“I wanted to thank you. For insisting the young ladies being brought into the classroom.”

Reginald gave me a sly look.

“Happy to oblige,” I said, thrilled that she’d seen fit to seek me out.

She gave the slightest of curtsies, about to leave.

“Miss Atwater?”

She turned back, looking at me with an expectation I wasn’t prepared for. After a moment of awkward silence, she said, “I should get back to the children.”

“Would you do me the honor of allowing me to call on you?” My words came out in a rush.

Even so, she smiled shyly, saying, “I would find that most agreeable.”

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