What in the name of goodness do you expect to see?"
But Fanny laughed good-naturedly, and was not offended. "It's more as
if I expected you to see something, isn't it?" she said quietly, still
laughing.
"Now, what do you mean by that?"
"Never mind!"
"All right, I don't. But for heaven's sake stare at somebody else
awhile. Try it on the house-maid!"
"Well, well," Fanny said indulgently, and then chose to be more
obscure in her meaning than ever, for she adopted a tone of deep
sympathy for her final remark, as she left him: "I don't wonder
you're nervous these days, poor boy!"
And George indignantly supposed that she referred to the ordeal of
Lucy's continued absence. During this period he successfully avoided
contact with Lucy's father, though Eugene came frequently to the
house, and spent several evenings with Isabel and Fanny; and sometimes
persuaded them and the Major to go for an afternoon's motoring. He
did not, however, come again to the Major's Sunday evening dinner,
even when George Amberson returned.
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