Everything must go on much as usual,
before others anyway," smiling into his happy face.
"That will be very hard, don't you think, little wife? How shall I be able
to hide my love from Gussie?"
"Oh! you will be coming here after this just to see papa, you know,"
looking at him archly, "and I fancy she will find little to interest her in
the man that has so openly announced his approaching marriage to a lady who
is unknown. I'll not object, perhaps, to let you stay--with papa, you
know--on the nights that I take my turn to sit up with him. But there is
his bell, and oh! Guy, look at the clock!"
Dexie's heart beat fast as she hurried to her father's room, but she was
needlessly alarmed. His unusual sleep had renewed his strength, but Dexie,
fearing the worst, asked anxiously:
"Are you in much pain, dear papa?"
"Oh! no, child; I feel first-rate. I guess that bad spell I had at bedtime
is going to do me for to-night; but I am thirsty, so when you get me fixed
up you can go to bed. You must be tired to death, my dear girl," he added,
as Dexie busied herself about him. "What time is it? Not past two, surely?
Why, I must be turning over a new leaf, eh, Dexie?"
Guy Traverse stepped to the door as Dexie entered the room, fearing also
that Mr.
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