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marked how animated Isabel seemed; it was not strange to see his
mother so gay, but it was strange that a man not of the family should
be the cause of her gaiety. And George sat frowning.
Fanny Minafer had begun to talk to Lucy. "Your father wanted to prove
that his horseless carriage would run, even in the snow," she said.
"It really does, too."
"Of course!"
"It's so interesting! He's been telling us how he's going to change
it. He says he's going to have wheels all made of rubber and blown up
with air. I don't understand what he means at all; I should think
they'd explode--but Eugene seems to be very confident. He always was
confident, though. It seems so like old times to hear him talk!"
She became thoughtful, and Lucy turned to George. "You tried to swing
underneath me and break the fall for me when we went over," she said.
"I knew you were doing that, and--it was nice of you."
"Wasn't any fall to speak of," he returned brusquely. "Couldn't have
hurt either of us."
"Still it was friendly of you--and awfully quick, too.


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