She seemed as fretful and helpless as a child, and quite as
unreasonable, almost blaming her husband for dying and leaving her alone in
the world.
When Dexie tried to draw her thoughts away from their sad bereavement, she
charged her daughter with being hard-hearted and unsympathizing in the
extreme, and it seemed as if she did not wish to be comforted.
Lawyer Hackett attended the funeral, but as Mrs. Sherwood was not able to
discuss business matters at that unhappy time, he promised to return later
on and explain all things necessary.
Dexie awaited his return with much anxiety, for the expenses of the
funeral, together with their necessary mourning, left little ready money to
meet the daily expenses, and it was only by the strictest economy that she
managed at all. Her "scrimping," as Gussie called it, met with no favor
from anyone; and though Mrs. Sherwood talked of "ordering" this and that
from the store, Dexie positively refused to be the mouthpiece of the order.
They could do very well till Mr. Hackett arrived, she said.
Dexie missed her father sorely, and the one bright spot in the long,
toilsome day was when Guy came in the evening.
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