{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2858", "width": "1707", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nChap.- ._ Copyright Xo.\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "1\\nAnindian Giver\\nA COMEDY\\nBy W. D, Ilowells\\nBOSTON AND NEW YORK\\nHoughton^ Mifflin and\\nCompany m d c c c", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "6835G\\nCOPYRIGHT, 1896, BY HARPER BROTHERS\\nCOPYRIGHT, 1900, BY W. D. HOWELLS\\nALL RIGHTS RESERVED\\n34686\\nLibpapy of Gonarcse\\nTwo Copies :^fc:ec ed\\nAUG 151900\\nCopyright ^try\\nSECOND COPY.\\nOeiiverftd to\\nORDER DIVISION,\\nAlia 22 1900", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "0-^\\nAn Indian Giver\\nA COMEDY\\nI\\nMRS. LILLIAN INGLEHART AND MISS\\nROBERTA LAWRENCE\\nMrs. Inglehart: My dear! I will\\nnot hear another word. He is yours I\\nThe idea of making such a fuss about a\\nlittle thing like the gift of a young\\nman\\nMiss Lawrence It s only that I\\nwas afraid you might want him your-\\nself, Mrs. Inglehart. It would make\\nme unhappy if I thought you had de-\\n[3]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nprived yourself of a cousin you might\\nregret. They don t grow on every bush,\\nI believe.\\nMrs. Inglehart Such as Jim don t,\\nI ll admit. But I hope I know the\\nduties of a hostess, and the first of them\\nis to get a young lady visitor engaged if\\npossible. You ve never seen Jim, have\\nyou?\\nMiss Lawrence Never. What s\\nhe like\\nMrs. Inglehart Are you very fond\\nof tall men?\\nMiss Laiorence Is he tall\\nMrs. Inglehart Not so very. I\\nshould say he had more breadth and\\nthickness than length.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, I like them\\nbroad and thick.\\n[4]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart: Do you? She\\nspeaks with a certain intonation of mis-\\ngiving, and then she has the effect of\\npulling herself together Do you like\\nthem brown-complexioned and dark-\\neyed?\\nMiss Lawrence Is he brown-com-\\nplexioned and dark-eyed\\nMrs. Inglehart He s brown-com-\\nplexioned and blue-eyed.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, that sort of\\ncontradiction is adorable. The blue\\neyes always have such a funny look in\\nthe dark face. I shall like him, I know.\\nWhen s he coming?\\nMrs. Inglehart Any moment,\\nnow.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh She jumps\\nto her feet. Mrs. Inglehart remains\\n[5]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nseated, but leans forward to look in\\nthrongli the door at the clock in the\\nhall, from the veranda where, with a\\npretense of sewing in her lap, she is\\ntalking with her guest. To the right of\\nthis haU the windows of a wide drawing-\\nroom open to the floor, and people come\\nand go through them as if they were\\ndoors. From the veranda, which ex-\\ntends around three sides of the house,\\nbroad steps descend to a driveway curv-\\ning in front of it. Beyond the road\\ngreen lawns, wept over by drooping\\nwhite birches, slope to the red rocks\\nthat keep Mrs. Inglehart s place from\\nthe sea.\\nMrs. Inglehart Or not moment^\\nexactly. He promised to be here by\\nthe half past four, but he probably won t\\n[6]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\ncome till the five-ten it s only four\\nnow.\\nMiss Lawrence Time enough to\\nprink, then. She sinks back into her\\nchair, provisionally. Is Mr. Fairford\\npunctilious about prinking?\\nMrs. Liglehart I see you would\\ndread that.\\nMiss Lawrence I don t know that\\nI should. They have to have some\\nfault.\\nMrs. Iiiglehart: And you think\\nthat is a fault\\nMiss Lawrence I can t say that I\\ndo. Do you\\nMrs. Inglehart^ with an air of great\\ncandor To tell you the truth, I don t\\nbelieve Jim cares about women s dress.\\nMiss Lawrence Then he is the\\n[7]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nmost dangerous kind. He 11 not see\\nanything, but lie 11 feel everything. I\\nshall have to dress at his nerves.\\nMrs. IngleJiart It s clear that\\nyou ve made your observations, my\\ndear.\\nMiss Lawrence By twenty-six,\\none has.\\nMrs. Inglehart I should never\\nhave dreamt twenty-six.\\nMiss Lawrence I have n t dreamt\\nit myself. In my dreams I m still six-\\nteen. It s only in my waking moments\\nthat I m twenty-six.\\n3\u00c2\u00a3rs. Inglehart, thoughtfully You\\nhave courage.\\nMiss Lawrence I have conviction.\\nIt s best to be honest unless the man\\nprefers lies.\\n[8]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart Don t they all\\nMiss Lawrence Nearly all. But\\nif Mr. Fairford should happen to be the\\nexception that does n t, will you please\\ntell him I owned to twenty-six, but you\\ndon t know how much older I really\\nam?\\nMrs. Inglehart^ with open admiration\\nand covert alarm You re a strange\\ngirl!\\nMiss Lawrence: Will that scare\\nhim Should you advise me to be less\\nstrange\\nMrs. Inglehart^ with a sigh No\\nhe will like you so.\\nMiss Lawrence^ laughing What\\ndespair Poor Mrs. Inglehart You re\\nsorry already you gave him to me\\nWell, you may have him back.\\n[9]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs, Inglehart^ with noble constancy\\nNo, no you re the very one for him.\\nMiss Lawrence Then our only\\nhope is that he is n t the one for me.\\nMrs. Inglehart You think I m\\nnot in earnest. Well, then, the only\\nthing left is to convince you by prac-\\ntical\\nMiss Lawrence Demonstration\\nI don t see how it can be done. You\\ncan t pass this yoimg man along to\\nme without consulting his inclinations.\\nHas he very decided inclinations\\nMrs. Inglehart Yes, he has. That\\nwas the trouble, I suppose.\\nMiss Lawrence So there was\\ntrouble. She smiles intelligently.\\nM7 S. Inglehart: It was a great\\nwhile ago. It was before I was there\\n[10]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nwas any Mrs. Inglehart. And there\\nwould be the same trouble again, if I\\nwere not there were not any Mrs.\\nInglehart. So it s best to have it over\\nbefore it begins.\\nMiss Lawrence I see what you\\nmean. He s one of those terrible crea-\\ntures who know their own minds; or\\nthink they do and may I be a little\\ncritical of your gift I know it seems\\nungracious\\nMrs. Inglehart: Not in the least.\\nPeople change their wedding-presents,\\neven.\\nMiss Lawrence: I shouldn t wish\\nto change the present only the name\\nJim! If it were only Jack, now, I\\nshould know what to do. The Jacks\\nare all alike. They smoke, they flirt\\n[11]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\ndesperately, but they are very warm-\\nhearted, and conceal a great deal of\\nsentiment under the mask of cynicism\\nlike Thackeray s men. They would\\ndo anything for you at least any little\\nthing like jumping overboard from a\\nyacht to fish your hat up, or marrying\\na girl that you ve found out is in love\\nwith them, and you think they ought,\\nthough you re dying for them yourself.\\nYou can twist them round your fingers\\nbut it must be different with Jims. Jim\\nIt suggests something rather grim per-\\nhaps it s because it rhymes with it.\\nJim I should say one s little arts,\\none s little airs and graces, would be\\nthrown away on Jim. He sounds like a\\nperson of convictions: he sounds like\\na person of opinions, too, and very stiff\\n[12]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nones. I suspect that Jim is serious, and\\nhe likes seriousness in women. He has\\nideas of home and a wife, and of being\\nmaster in his own house. All that could\\nbe easily taken out of him if he were\\nJack, of course; but being Jim, it\\ncould n t. He s masterful I feel that\\nhe s masterful. He has all sorts of\\npreconceived notions. He would be\\nvery domestic, and intellectual, and he\\nwould rather read to you than talk to\\nyou. He would want to respect you,\\nand if you would n t let him, he would\\nmake it hot for you. Yes, I know\\nthe type adoring, domineering, devoted,\\nand utterly intolerable.\\nMrs. IngleTiart^ who has been leaning\\nforward more and more, and edging al-\\nmost out of her chair, in her intentness\\n[13]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nYou ve met him You know him\\nYou Ve been letting me give myself\\naway\\nMiss Lawrence: Mr. Fairford?\\nYou I You ve given him away, but\\nnot yourself, at least to me, Mrs. Ingle-\\nhart. I never saw Mr. Fairford in my\\nlife. I never heard of him till I came\\nhere.\\nMrs. Inglehart Then I don t know\\nbut it s worse, for you ve guessed him.\\nHow you must dread the idea of him\\nMiss Ijawrence, thoughtfully I\\ndon t know. I rather like the notion\\nof grappling with such a problem.\\nIt would be fun to get the better of it.\\nMrs. Inglehart And if you got\\nthe worse\\nMiss Lawrence I don t believe I\\n[14]", "height": "2899", "width": "1533", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nshould get the worse. But now, really,\\nhadn t I better go and prink, Mrs.\\nInglehart I don t believe Jim would\\nlike to find me unprepared.\\nMrs. Inglehart: No. Go and\\nprink.\\nMiss Lawrence, going in through the\\nopen door: If he should happen to\\ncome before I get down, I know I can\\ntrust him with you, Mrs. Inglehart.\\nShe vanishes, with a smile over her\\nshoulder at Mrs. Inglehart, who remains\\nsilent and motionless, apparently insen-\\nsible of her withdrawal, though she\\nkeeps a mechanical smile of parting on\\nher face. Her mother enters from the\\ndoor that Miss Lawrence has passed\\nthrough.\\n[15]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nII\\nMRS. WENHAM, MRS. INGLEHART\\nMrs, Wenham When do you ex-\\npect James, Lilly\\nMrs, Inglehart, with a deep sigh\\nOh, any time, now. He said he would\\nbe here at half past four.\\nMrs. Wenham Then he 11 he here\\nat haK past four.\\nMrs. Inglehart Yes, I suppose he\\nwill, with his tiresome punctuality.\\nMrs. Wenham Tiresome If\\nthere is one thing more than another\\nthat I like in James Fairford, it is his\\npunctuality. It s something that I can\\nthoroughly sympathize with him in. If\\nit had not been for 7ny habits of punctu-\\n[16]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nality, where would you have been at\\nthis moment, Lillian\\nMrs. Inglehart Perhaps not born.\\nBut now don t preach, mother. Advise.\\nYou 11 like it almost as well.\\nMrs. Wenham^ looking doubtful, but\\nas if assenting for argument s sake\\nWell\\nMrs. Inglehart What do you\\nthink of Miss Lawrence\\nMrs. Wenham What do you mean\\nby thinking If you ve been behaving\\nfoolishly in any way, and want me to\\nhelp you out of it by blaming Miss\\nLawrence\\nMrs. Inglehart Blame Who s\\ntalking of blame I simply wish to\\nknow if you don t think she s something\\nof a cat.\\n[17]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "A71 Indian Giver\\nMrs. Wenham Cat How, cat\\n3Irs, Inglehart I mean very purr-\\ning, and sly, and velvety.\\nMrs, Wenham No, not at all.\\nMrs, Inglehart: Well, then, very\\nsharp and clawy.\\nMrs, Wenham What have you\\nbeen doing, Lillian\\nMrs. Inglehart Nothing. I ve\\nbeen wTidoing. How do you think she\\nand Jim will like each other?\\nMrs, Wenham What difference\\nhow they like each other\\nMrs. Inglehart One does n t want\\none s guests to be at sword s points.\\nMrs. Wenham I don t know why\\nyou asked her when you knew he was\\ncoming.\\nMrs. Inglehart I m sure they 11\\n[18]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "Ail Indian Giver\\nlike each other. He 11 respect her. I\\nrespect her myself. She has a great\\ndeal of character, and all that; but I\\nthink there s a vein of coarseness in\\nher. Yes, she is coarse. She has a bold\\nway of talking about men. It may be\\nvery modern, and the rest of it, but I\\ndon t like it, and I don t think it s\\nnice.\\n3frs. WenJiam What men has she\\nbeen talking about\\nMrs. IngleJiart Oh, none.\\n3frs. WenJiam What has she been\\nsaying about them\\nMrs. IngleJiart Oh, nothing.\\nBut girls seem to say anything, nowa-\\ndays. Especially old ones! How old\\nam I, mother\\n[19]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "A71 Indian Giver\\nMrs, WenJiam You re twenty-\\nseven. You know that well enougfli.\\nMrs. Ingleliart And she s twenty-\\nsix, and looks every day of it. Vaguely,\\nafter a moment I m sure don t\\nknow how I came to ask her here.\\nMrs, Wenham Why do you say\\nthat, now P Have you been making a\\nfool of yourself Lilly?\\nMrs. Inglehart I wonH be scolded\\nin my own house, mother\\nMrs. Wenham: Very well, if you\\ncall it scolding. Mrs. Wenham sits\\nvery erect in her chair, and gathers all\\nher dignity about her Mrs. Inglehart\\nrocks to and fro in a reckless and dis-\\ntraught manner. May I ask a simple\\nquestion\\nMrs. Inglehart I suppose so.\\n[20]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Wenham Are you going to\\naccept James\\nMrs, Inglehart What an idea\\nNo!\\nMrs. Wenham Then, if it is n t\\nscolding, allow me to say that he will\\nhave a right to feel trifled with. Your\\nletting him come here, after what s\\npast, is tantamount to your saying you\\nwould marry him if he asked you\\nMrs. Inglehart Very well, I 11\\nkeep him from asking me, then. There\\nare ways of staving men off.\\nMrs. We7iham Not such men as\\nJames Langton Fairford. You have n t\\nforgotten how he behaved when you\\ntried it before before your marriage.\\nMrs. Inglehart That was a great\\n[21]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nwhile ago. I considered him a mere\\nboy, and he might have known it.\\nMrs, Wenham He was two years\\nolder than you.\\nMrs. Ingleliart And how old was\\nI, pray Nineteen A perfect chit\\nThat proves that he was a boy. And\\nhe was very rude. If he had been a\\nlittle more thoughtful, and patient I\\nYou know how it was, mother. After\\nJim s outrageous conduct, I had no\\nalternative but to marry Mr. Inglehart\\nand I am not going to have it said, now,\\nafter all I ve been through on his ac-\\ncount, that I was in love with him all\\nalong, and married him the minute I\\ndecently could. I trust I have too much\\nregard for Mr. Inglehart s memory for\\nthat.\\n[22]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Wenham Then allow me to\\nsay, my dear, without scolding, that I\\ndon t know what you re after.\\n3Irs. Inglehart I m not after any-\\nthing, if you prefer such a common ex-\\npression. It s Jim that s after me\\nand I shall not feel in the least bound\\nto be overtaken. I have other plans for\\nhim.\\nMrs, Wenham Other plans\\nMrs. Inglehart He may fancy Ro-\\nberta Lawrence. I m sure I don t see\\nwhat men find in her, all of them. But\\nif it s frankness, as they call it, I wish\\nthem joy of it. Of all the detestable\\nhypocrites in this world commend me\\nto a frank woman. Why, it s nothing\\nbut mask upon mask, all the way-\\nthrough\\n[23]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "An Indiaii Giver\\nMrs, Wenham Is this why you are\\nso down upon the poor girl\\nMrs. Inglehart: Down upon her?\\nWell, yes it may be hate to throw\\nsuch a husband as Jim Fairford in her\\nway. At any rate I ve set my heart\\nupon making a match between them.\\nThat will let me out and it will be such\\nfun. She expresses her exultation in\\nrather a lugubrious note of laughter,\\nand tries to escape the severe gaze which\\nher mother fixes upon her.\\nMrs. Wenham Just one word,\\nLillian Inglehart! Does Miss Law-\\nrence know anything of this fine\\nscheme\\nMrs. Inglehart: No. That is, I\\nhave put it out of my power to accept\\nJim Fairford by telling Roberta Law-\\n[24]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "A71 Indian Giver\\nrence she may have him if she can get\\nhim. If she does, or can, that s the\\nend of it and it s the end of it any-\\nway.\\nMrs. Wenham: Well, Lillian, if\\nyou are in earnest in what you say, you\\nare certainly the greatest fool But\\nperhaps you consider this scolding\\nMrs, Inglehart Not at all. I call\\nit reasoning. Go on.\\nMrs, Wenham: Oh, I ve nothing\\nmore to say. But if you have really\\ntold the girl if you have put this idea\\ninto her head, you have done a wrong\\nand wicked thing, and you 11 have to\\nanswer for the consequences. It would\\nbe no more than you deserve if James\\ndid take a fancy to her, and I hope he\\nwill and if you have a spark of gener-\\n[25]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "An hidian Giver\\nosity in your composition, you at least\\nwon t try to prejudice him against lier.\\nMrs. IngleJiart You have such a\\nlow opinion of me, mother, that I won-\\nder you associate with me at all. But\\nnow I m going to wring your bosom by\\nan act of the most exemplary magna-\\nnimity you ever heard of. A splendid\\nidea has just occurred to me. I m go-\\ning to send Roberta down to see Jim\\nfirst and receive him. She s upstairs\\nnow, prinking, and I m going straight\\nto my room, and I m going to be so slow\\ngetting ready that she 11 have to go\\ndown, and she can have him all to her-\\nself for a first impression and a girl of\\ntwenty-six knows how to make hay\\nwhile the sun shines. Now what do\\nyou say\\n[26]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nM7 S. Wenham, going in Humpli\\nMrs. Inglehart You don t believe\\nI 11 do it?\\n3frs. Wenham I know you won t.\\n3Irs, Inglehart^ calling after her:\\nWell, I m so glad you approve of the\\nidea, mother. I only wish you could see\\nhow expressive your back looks, as you\\ndisappear in the distance. It s every-\\nthing that s appreciative and flattering.\\nAs Mrs. Wenham vanishes Well, I\\ndon t care. In the course of her two\\ndialogues a great many sewing materials\\nand appliances have dropped about Mrs.\\nInglehart on the floor as she now rises,\\nher scissors fall out of her lap, and as\\nshe stoops to pick them up she is re-\\nminded of the other things. What a\\nbother When she has got them all\\n[27]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nin her lap again, she turns to the door,\\nbut is arrested by the sound of a quick,\\ndecided footfall on the steps of the ve-\\nranda. She looks round over her shoul-\\nder, and in this very pretty and engaging\\nattitude she meets the blue eyes flashing\\nout of the brown face of James Fairf ord.\\nHe has a robust hand-bag in one hand\\nand an umbrella in the other over his\\narm hangs a light overcoat. He is\\ndressed in summer stuffs, but in no con-\\ncession to the negligence of summer\\nfashion his shirt is white his firm legs\\nare cased in trousers that descend to his\\nblack shoes his whole keeping is that\\nof a man who despises the appearance\\nof recreation, and puts business before\\npleasure. James Mrs. Inglehart s\\nexclamation expresses mingled pleasure,\\n[28]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nsurprise, and dismay. She drops all the\\nthings out of her lap again. What are\\nyou doing here at this unearthly hour\\nYou said you would be here at half past\\nfour She sinks back into her chair.\\nIll\\nFAIRFORD AND MRS. INGLEHART, WITH\\nMOMENTS OF MISS LAWRENCE\\nFairford It s half past four now.\\nHe sits heavily down in one of the ve-\\nranda chairs, plants his bag before him,\\nand then pushes it away with his foot,\\nwhile he mops his forehead with his hand-\\nkerchief.\\nMrs. Inglehart Did you walk\\nFairford Do I seem to have driven\\nAnd in what\\n[29]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart, hiding a smile with\\nher hand I wonder how you found\\nthe way.\\nFairford They told me at the sta-\\ntion.\\nMrs. Inglehart., gracefully sinking\\ninto a chair Did they tell you that if\\nit had n t been for your ridiculous punc-\\ntuality you d have been met at the train\\nNow you see what comes of being on\\ntime\\nFairford I dare say they would if\\nthey could have spared a moment from\\nthe celebration of your charms and vir-\\ntues. You seem to have cast your con-\\nfounded glamour over the neighborhood,\\nas usual.\\nMrs, IngleJiart: Yes, it s new to me.\\nIt must have been the telegraph girl\\n[30]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford There was a girl, and\\nthere was a telegraph. I didn t see them\\nin combination.\\nMrs. Inglehart They were one, all\\nthe same. Yes, I may say she s quite\\nan ardent admirer.\\nFairford: So am I, Lillian.\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh yes. But you\\nmust n t say it. I hope you were n t rude\\nto the poor girl on that account\\nFairford Why must n t I say it\\nI ve come here to say it\\nMrs. Inglehart, to gain time But\\nyou ve said it before and you ought\\nto be a little more diversified in your\\nremarks.\\nFairford, getting to his feet Lillian,\\nhow can you trifle with me so Surely\\nyou know what I must understand\\n[31]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nmust hope from your allowing me to\\ncome here to-day He starts toward\\nher and stumbles over his bag he kicks\\nthe bag Mrs. Inglehart laughs. Oh,\\nlaugh at me, make a fool of me\\n3\u00c2\u00a3rs. Inglehart You know you\\ndon t approve of me, Jim you know\\nyou don t.\\nFairford I believe you can make\\nme approve of you if you choose. And\\nif you don t choose, I want you any-\\nway.\\nMi S. Inglehart Oh Do you think\\nthat s very logical\\nFairford, bitterly No, I m not\\nproud of it. As you say, it is n t logi-\\ncal it is n t reasonable but I always\\nwanted you; I wanted you long ago,\\nbefore you were married.\\n[32]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart Why do people say\\nyou don t know how to flatter I m sure\\nit s enough to turn my poor head to have\\na man say he is n t proud of caring for\\nme, but he keeps on doing it regardless\\nof consequences.\\nFairford You know what I mean.\\nI never pretended that you were my\\nideal in character, but\\nMrs. Inglehart I thought it was\\ncustomary to tell the lady that she was\\nyour ideal. That s what they always\\ntell me\\nFairford I don t care what other\\npeople tell you. tell you the truth\\nand I tell you that you are not my\\nideal.\\nMrs. Inglehart What am I, then,\\nif I m not your ideal\\n[33]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "A71 Indian Giver\\nFairford You re you re my\\nlove. But you know that.\\nMrs. Inglehart I ve heard you\\nsay so. But I m not sure that I know\\nit.\\nFairford Not sure\\nMrs. Inglehart You may not be\\nsure of your own mind.\\nFairford This is trifling, Lillian.\\nWhat do you say to me\\nMrs. Inglehart What can I say\\ntill I m convinced you re in earnest\\nFairford And what will convince\\nyou It seems to me that it s proof\\nenough of my sincerity that I m here\\nto offer myself to you and to ask you to\\nbe my wife. Did n t you know that I\\nwas coming to do that What else do\\nyou expect Do you want me to say\\n[34]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nthat you are my ideal, that you are\\neverything in nature and character that\\nI have dreamed of, and that I would not\\nhave you different\\nMrs, Inglehart You might try it.\\nI don t know what effect it would have.\\nFairford You wish me to minis-\\nter to your vanity, to fill your head with\\nnonsense. Well, I will never do it\\n3frs. Inglehart: Then I don t see\\nhow it s going to end. You might at\\nleast say you believe I could become\\nyour ideal.\\nFairford But if I don t believe\\nyou could, and therefore I renounce my\\nideal if I throw it away, and I tell you\\nthat you, whatever you are, are a thou-\\nsand times dearer than anything I ve\\never imagined And yet you might be\\n[35]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nall that I ve ever dreamed of in woman,\\nprompt, energetic, constant in purpose,\\nwith a high sense of duty, a devotion to\\nnoble\\nMrs, Ingleliart Another James\\nFairford. What egotism Yes, I\\ncould easily be all that, if I wanted to.\\nThe trouble is I could n t want to.\\nFairford I know it, and I don t\\nask it of you. I ask you merely to be\\nyourself, and to be mine.\\nMrs. Inglehart Do you think that s\\nso little, that you say merely f Asking\\na woman to be herself and to be yours\\nis asking everything.\\nFairford Then don t be yourself\\ndon t be anything but mine.\\nMrs, Inglehai t: Now you are be-\\nginning to talk sense -r-\\n[36]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford^ starting toward her And\\nyou consent you A sound as\\nof a lifting window above the veranda\\nroof is heard, and then, after a mo-\\nment, the voice of Miss Koberta Law-\\nrence.\\nMisB Lawrence, Mrs. Inglehart\\nMrs. Inglehart, in a low key to Fair-\\nford Oh, good gracious, I forgot all\\nabout her JVow what am I to do\\nIn a high key to Miss Lawrence:\\nYes?\\nMiss Lawrence, with a nervous laugh\\nOh, it is you. I thought, I was n t\\nsure it was you I heard. What time is\\nit, please\\nMrs. Inglehart It s a little after\\nfour a quarter twenty minutes\\nMiss Lawrence Then there s time,\\n[37]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nyet. There is a sound of a closing\\nwindow.\\nFairford Why did you say that,\\nLillian You know it s twenty minutes\\nof five.\\nMrs, Inglehart That s a very\\ncharming girl, Jim a Miss Roberta\\nLawrence. I want you to meet her.\\nBut perhaps you have met her al-\\nready\\nFairford: No; but that isn*t the\\npoint. Why did you say twenty min-\\nutes I wish you had n t, dear\\n3frs. Inglehart Well, it is twenty\\nminutes and more too it s twenty\\nminutes of five. You said so yourself.\\nNow don t tease, but go and prettify.\\nThat s what she s doing The\\nsound of the lifting window is heard\\n[38]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "An hidian Giver\\nagain, and then the voice of Miss Law-\\nrence.\\nMiss Lawrence Mrs. Inglehart\\nAre you still there\\nMrs. Inglehart^ in a high key Yes\\nIn a low key to Fairford Now you\\nmust go It s a shame for you to stay\\nhere eavesdropping. And making me,\\ntoo and you so conscientious Sh\\nMiss Lawrence I m in something\\nof a dilemma. I don t know whether\\nit had better be the green, or the blue.\\nMrs, Inglehart Oh the blue,\\ndear or no, the green blue, I mean.\\nIn a low key to Fairford: Now you\\nhave spoilt everything, and disgraced\\nme before my guest. I can never for-\\ngive you\\nFairford How have I done that\\n[39]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "A?i Indian Giver\\nShe has said nothing that compromises\\neither of you\\n3\u00c2\u00a3rs. IngleJiart You ve let her\\ngive herself away. You know that it s\\nfor you she s choosing between blue\\nand green.\\nFairford Bless my soul, how\\nshould I know such a thing\\nMrs, IngleJiart Don t you suppose\\nI told her you were coming? And\\nwhen she comes down and finds you\\nhere you won t be capable of seeming\\nto have come just that instant.\\nFairford: If she asks\\nMi S. Ingleliart As if she would\\nask She is too high-spirited, too noble-\\nminded to go prying about but it will\\nkill her, all the same. You don t know\\nhow a girl like Roberta Lawrence, so\\n[40]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nfrank herself, and so unsuspicious, will\\ntake such a thing. Of course, if it\\nwas I, I could laugh it off but she will\\nthink that I did it purposely she won t\\nshow it, but she will never believe that\\nI was as innocent as she was in the mat-\\nter.\\nFairford It seems to me you re\\nnot painting a very frank and unsus-\\npicious character.\\nMrs. Inglehart I mean I should in\\nher place. You know what I mean.\\nBut if you prefer to vex me She 11\\nbe asking something else in another\\nminute\\nFairford: But what do you want\\nme to do\\nMrs. Inglehm^t You must thinh\\nwhat I want you to do. You have got\\n[41]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nme into this trouble, by your ridicu-\\nlous promptness, and you must get me\\nout.\\nFairford: Then let me go to my\\nroom, and I can t overhear anything\\nmore.\\nMr8, Inglehart Oh, you think it s\\nso simple as that, do you Wait a min-\\nute I have it You must go away\\nAnd you must come back in about ten\\nminutes or so, as if you had n t been\\nhere at all. And you must apologize\\nfor being late say you missed the\\ntrain, or something like that, and\\nFairford, sitting doggedly down\\nNo, I can t do anything of the kind.\\nMrs, Inglehart You can t\\nFairford: Well, then, I won t. It\\nwould be acting a lie.\\n[421", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "4n Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart Tou accuse me of\\nwishing you to lie.\\nFairford I don t think you do it\\nknowingly. But, Lillian, you must\\nsee\\nMrs. Inglehart Sh I There, she s\\nputting up her window again\\nMiss Laiorence^ from her window\\nI Ve decided not to dress at him, Mrs.\\nInglehart. I am going to be perfectly\\npassive, and let fate take its course.\\nI m going to wear my silver-gray.\\nMrs. Inglehart Perfect In a\\nlow tone to Fairford, desperately It s\\ntoo late for you to go away now. You\\nmight as well stay\\nFairford But I don t understand.\\nWhy should Miss Lawrence dress at\\nme Have you dressed at me, Lillian\\n[43]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "A?i Indian Giver\\nYou look heavenly in that thing\\nyou ve got on I don t know what\\nit is.\\n3frs. Inglehart Oh, much pleasure\\nyour compliments give me, when I\\nknow what a cold, hollow heart they\\ncome from I may dress for you, but\\nyou won t gratify me in the smallest\\nthing. Suppose your going away does\\nhave the appearance of deceit? Is a\\nmere appearance so very killing, when\\nit s for such a good object Oh, Jim\\nDo help me out! Think of the poor\\ngirl s feelings if she comes down and\\nfinds you here She 11 hnoic you over-\\nheard her. If you really cared for\\nme\\nFairford., rising with a groan, and\\ngathering his bag up for going And\\n[44]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nif I go if I do this against my reason\\nand conscience, wliat shall you do with\\nme when I come back\\nMrs. Liglehart: You 11 be so in-\\nterested in Miss Lawrence you won t\\ncare.\\nFairford That won t do, Lillian.\\nI shall want my answer when I come\\nback. Will you promise it\\nMrs. Inglehart It s very mean of\\nyou to make conditions I 11 listen to\\nyou. But I won t even do that if you\\nstay. And if you think I m asking\\nyou to act a lie, just think what a lie\\nyou ve been making me act.\\nFairford: I? How?\\nMrs. Inglehart By letting me see\\nyou before you saw her, when I prom-\\nised mamma I would n t.\\n[45]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford But wliy did you prom-\\nise that? What\\nMrs, Inglehart That has nothing\\nto do with it. A promise is a promise,\\nand sacred. Will you go And when\\nyou come back, and find Miss Lawrence\\nhere, will you ask after me as if you\\nhad n t met me\\nFairford No, certainly not. I can t\\ncarry the deceit as far as that.\\nMrs. Inglehart Not to enable me\\nto keep my promise Very well, then,\\nthat shows that you don t trust me, and\\nif you don t trust me, you can t care for\\nme.\\nFairford I don t trust you in the\\nleast, and I care all the world for you.\\nFor heaven s sake, Lillian, be candid\\nwith me, for once, and tell me what all\\n[46]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nthis coil is I know that whatever\\nyou ve got in your head, there s no-\\nthing but truth in your heart, and if you\\nwould only be guided by that\\nMrs. Inglehart, apparently fascinated\\nby the idea: Well, I will. I ll tell\\nyou all about it. You see that we were\\ntalking about your coming, and I said\\nto Roberta Lawrence Sh There s\\nher step She s coming out of her\\nroom she s on the stairs Run,\\nJames, if you love me She pushes\\nhim towards the veranda steps, and\\nwithout waiting to see him vanish round\\nthe corner of the house, she turns, and\\nflies through the long window into the\\ndrawing-room, while Miss Lawrence\\nemerges from the hallway, and Mrs.\\nWenham advances from the veranda\\n[47]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\non the side of the house opposite that\\nwhich has just hidden Fairford from\\nview.\\nIV\\nMISS LAWRENCE AND MRS. WENHAM\\nMiss Lawrence Mrs. Inglehart\\nTo Mrs. Wenham: I thought Mrs.\\nInglehart was here\\nMrs. Wenham And I thought I\\nheard talking. But I must have\\ndreamed it. I seem to have dozed over\\nmy book.\\nMiss Lawrence Perhaps you heard\\nme calling down to her. I was consult-\\ning her about Mr. Fairford s taste in\\ncolors. Is n t he very late She looks\\nin at the clock in the hall, and Mrs.\\nWenham looks in too.\\n[48]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "An, Indian Giver\\nMrs. Wenham Yes it s nearly\\nfive, and he promised to be here at half\\npast four. Something must have de-\\ntained him he s usually so prompt.\\nMiss Lawrence, smiling Yes, ter-\\nribly prompt, I believe. At least that s\\nthe impression Mrs. Inglehart gives of\\nhim. The ladies have seated them-\\nselves, and Miss Lawrence, reclining in\\nher chair, indifferently studies the effect\\nof a ring on her left hand.\\nMrs. Wenham, looking at her over\\nher glasses: You ve never met my\\nnephew, I believe\\nMiss Lawrence No and I ve no\\nidea how he 11 like me. You know it s\\nvery important he should like me. Mrs.\\nInglehart has given him to me.\\nMrs. Wenham, dryly Yes, I have\\n[49]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nbeen scolding Lillian for her nonsense.\\nHe is not hers to give.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh To keep,\\nthen!\\nMrs. Wenham I am not so sure.\\nMiss Lawrence, I know that you are a\\nvery frank person\\nMiss Lawrence Some people say\\nmerely brutal.\\nMrs, Wenham No matter I feel\\nthat I can speak frankly with you.\\nDon t trust my daughter\\nMiss Lawrence This is frank.\\nMrs. Wenham She acts upon im-\\npulses that she regrets. She is in love\\nwith James Fairford, I believe, and\\nI know that he is in love with her.\\nHe was, before she married Mr. Ingle-\\nhart, and I think she was with him\\n[50]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nbut the affair never came to anything,\\nbecause because It was Lillian s\\nfault she could n t be serious with\\nhim.\\nMiss Lawrence And now Has\\nhe got over wanting her to be serious,\\nor has she become so\\nMrs. Wenham Lillian will never\\nbe serious at least not like other\\npeople and that is why I feel it my\\nduty to be serious with you. No one\\nknows Lillian as I do. If she saw that\\nany one else wanted James, she would\\nmove heaven and earth to get him her-\\nself.\\nMiss Lawrence^ laughing Really,\\nwhat you say rather inclines me to try\\nfor him. I should like to see Mrs.\\nInglehart moving heaven and earth.\\n[51]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Wenham Don t, my dear\\nI should simply leave the house. There\\nis n t a thing she would n t do if she\\nsaw you wanted him. Miss Lawrence\\nlaughs more and more. I know what\\nnonsense she has been talking to you,\\nand I made her promise, just to punish\\nher, that she would let you meet him\\nfirst, and have a chance to I mean\\nthat she should be made to suffer a little\\nfor her wicked folly\\nMiss Lawrence Through some\\nfinesse of mine Would n t that be\\nrather too much theatre\\nMrs. Wenham Yes, I don t know\\nwhat she would n t do in her jealousy\\nfor she d be frantically, blindly, madly\\njealous if she thought he cared for you\\nthe least bit.\\n[52]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMiss Laiorence: Poor Mrs. Ingle-\\nhart I should like to see her jealous.\\nIt does n t seem in character. But I m\\ngreatly obliged to you for securing me\\nthe first innings. How do you propose\\nto manage it?\\nMrs, Wenham That I shall leave\\nentirely to Lillian. I suppose that as\\nshe s out of the way, and he s expected\\nmomentarily, she s actually keeping her\\nword, and\\nMiss Lawrence I m sitting here\\nto intercept Mr. Fairford on his way\\ninto the house Is n t it rather cold-\\nblooded But I don t mind You don t\\nthink he could manage to escape me,\\nsomehow\\n3\u00c2\u00a3rs. Wenham I shall be sitting\\nhere too and I dare say Lillian has\\n[53]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "A)i Indian Giver\\ngiven directions wliere he s to be re-\\nceived.\\nMiss Lawrence Heroic Mrs. Ingle-\\nhart I I begin to quake a little. Do\\nyou know, if I had been sAe, I should\\nhave broken my word. After a thought-\\nful moment If one were really medi-\\ntating an assault upon Mr. Fairford s\\naffections, what should you say was his\\nweakest side, Mrs. Wenham\\nMrs. Wenham: James? Proudly:\\nHe has no weak side.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, I did n t say\\nweak, I said weakest. Where is he\\nleast strong?\\nMrs. Wenham Except for his in-\\nconceivable folly in regard to Lillian,\\nI should say that James Fairford was\\nequally strong at all points. He is\\n[54]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "An hidiaji Giver\\ntruth itself; promptitude, sincerity,\\njustice, honor\\nMiss Laiorence^ with a deep breath\\nHe is formidable.\\nMrs. Wenham: He despises any-\\nthing like double-dealing, or prevarica-\\ntion, or even evasion. He will admire\\nyou^ Miss Lawrence.\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, thank you\\nI begin to have my doubts. Mrs.\\nInglehart appears at one of the long\\nveranda windows, and looks through\\nthem, with her hands lifted to either\\nside of the casement. Oh, come out,\\nMrs. Inglehart\\n[55]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMRS. INGLEHART, MISS LAWRENCE, MRS.\\nWENHAM\\nMrs. Inglehart It s very tempting.\\nBut I can t, and I ve got to take my\\nmother away too, and consult about\\nsome little changes in receiving Mr.\\nFairford. You must keep him here\\nuntil I come.\\nMiss Lawrence I wish he were\\nhere now. If he could only see you\\nthere as you re standing now I wish\\nyou could see yourself, and you d agree\\nwith me that there was never anything\\nquite so graceful as that pose of yours.\\nMrs. Inglehart You must tell him\\nabout it when he does come that will\\nbe such a nice pose for you.\\n[56]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "A?i Indian Giver\\nMiss Lawrence, rising and bobbing\\na courtesy to Mrs. Inglehart in acknow-\\nledo-ment of her little dioj: Thank\\nyou, so much To Mrs. Wenham,\\nwho joins her daughter And you re\\nactually going to leave me alone with\\nMr. Fairford\\nMrs. Wenham: You ll be in the\\nbest of hands, my dear. Kemember\\nwhat I told you.\\nMiss Lawrence I shan t forget\\nsuch a charge as that\\nMrs. Lnglehart: A conspiracy?\\nShe looks from one to the other then\\nover her shoulder, as she vanishes\\nwithin Be sure to keep him tell\\nhim he can t go to his room just yet.\\nMiss Lawrence, calling after her:\\nOh, I ll keep him. When Mrs.\\n[57]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nInglehart and lier mother are out of\\nsight, she bows herself forward in silent\\nlaughter, and when she lifts her face\\nout of her hands again, she confronts\\nFairford, who is stealthily mounting the\\nveranda steps, with a manner the re-\\nverse of his earlier brusqueness and\\nseverity. At sight of him Miss Law-\\nrence springs to her feet, and comes\\ngayly toward him with outstretched\\nhand Mr. Fairford Miss Law-\\nrence! Mrs. Inglehart has commis-\\nsioned me to welcome you in her place,\\nand to keep you here, while she and\\nMrs. Wenham are taking counsel to-\\ngether about your room. Won t you\\nsit down till they come?\\n[58]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "An Indiafi Giver\\nVI\\nFAIRFORD AND MISS LAWRENCE.\\nFairford^ backing upon a chair, with\\nhis bag in his hand and his overcoat on\\nhis arm Thank you. He falls into\\nthe chair and stares helplessly at her.\\nMiss Lawrence: Was your train\\nlate, or did you take a later one You\\nsee the fame of your promptness has\\npreceded you, and you were expected\\nat half past four.\\nFairford: The train wasn t late;\\nI m late I ve been walking\\nMiss Lawrence^ politely From the\\nstation\\nFairford^ with a deep sigh of relief\\nYes I walked from the station,\\nyes.\\n[59]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMiss Lawrence Then that ac-\\ncounts for it. And it must take some\\ntime for the wayfarer who is n t person-\\nally conducted to find his way round to\\nthe entrance of Mrs. Inglehart s house.\\nA house naturally fronts before, but if\\nit has the sea in the rear, there s a\\ncertain temptation to front behind, and\\nMrs. Inglehart s house has yielded to the\\ntemptation. Don t you think it s like\\nher So full of unexpectedness\\nFairford Yes very singular.\\nVery puzzling if you ve never been\\nhere before.\\nMiss Lawrence^ keenly And is this\\nthe first time you ve been here\\nFairford I Desperately I ve\\nnever been here before to-day.\\nMiss Laiorence Do you mean,\\n[60]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nnever before to-day, or never to-day be-\\nfore?\\nFairford I mean, never before\\nto-day not to-day before.\\nMiss Lawrence: Then there is a\\ndifference I m so glad I thought\\nthere was n t when I asked. She muses\\naloud: Let me see! He has never\\nbeen here before to-day; but he may\\nhave been here to-day before. Is that\\nsense? Let me try it the other way!\\nHe has been here to-day before, but he\\nhas never been here before to-day.\\nFairford gazes uneasily at her. I\\ncan t make it out but I 11 ask Mrs.\\nInglehart when she comes she 11 know.\\nI 11 put it as a conundrum If a gentle-\\nman has never been here before to-day,\\nand yet has been here to-day before,\\n[61]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nwhen has the gentleman been here be-\\nfore? Fairford listens with signs of\\nincreasing terror, which culminate in a\\nviolent start when she turns suddenly\\nupon him Mr. Fairford, I m tempted\\nto make you a confidence Oh ha,\\nha, ha! Don t be frightened. It s\\nonly something psychical. But I have\\nhad such a strange impression in re-\\ngard to you.\\nFairford, in alarm Me\\nMiss Lawrence: Yes. I wonder\\nif I may venture to speak of it but\\nwith your frankness oh, all your vir-\\ntues have anticipated you every one\\nwas here promptly at half past four!\\nI m sure you 11 answer me. As you\\ncame up the veranda steps, just now,\\nI had that weird sense of its all having\\n[62]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nhappened before. You have had it\\nevery one has but at this instant it s\\nso vivid with me that it seems as if you\\nmust share it with me. Laughingly\\nDo you have a been-here-before feel-\\ning too\\nFairford I can t say I May\\nI ask what you mean\\niliiss Lawrence, I don t wonder\\nyou re surprised. But I m so curious\\nto know whether two persons could have\\nthat weird seizure at the same moment\\nin regard to the same thing. Of course\\nit s impossible, and I ought really to\\nbeg your pardon, but as you came up\\nthe veranda steps, just now, it flashed\\nupon me, He feels as if he had been\\nhere before. Perhaps it was a strange\\nlook Excuse me I m odiously per-\\n[63]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nsonal. Will you please to make a re-\\nmark?\\nFairford I A remark\\nMiss Laiurence Yes anything\\nanything to turn the conversation. I ve\\nmade all the remarks up to this point.\\nI see you don t like psychical confi-\\ndences.\\nFairford Yes I like them very\\nmuch. But I wish to say I ought to\\ntell you I don t know how to\\nHe stops and stares at her.\\nMiss Lawrence^ looking down at her\\ndress on either side of her, and twitch-\\ning it Is there something on my\\ngown A bug A caterpillar No\\nLaughing: A woman always thinks\\nsomething s wrong with her dress when\\npeople stare. But perhaps it s only\\n[64]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "An hidiaii Giver\\nthe color It s a very peculiar shade\\nof gray I ve been told by flatterers\\nthat I look like a wraith in it, and you\\nlook excuse me, really, Mr. Fair ford\\nyou look as if I did look like a wraith\\nFairford Not at all, I assure you.\\nBut I but in regard to your psychical\\nexperience, I wish I feel bound to\\nsay\\nMiss Lawrence Then you like\\nthat kind of thing Do let me tell you\\nanother It s apropos of this gown,\\nwhich I wish you to notice particularly,\\nso that you can corroborate me when I\\ntell Mrs. Inglehart. She rises, and puts\\nit in evidence by slowly turning in front\\nof her chair Fairford starts up, and\\nbacks away in vague alarm. Should\\nyou have thought I put it on for you?\\n[65]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford^ gasping For me\\nMiss Lawrence No Did n t you\\nknow it? She fixes him with a pier-\\ncing glance, and then sinks into her chair\\nagain, laughing, while he remains stand-\\ning, aghast. It can t be the first time\\nthat you ve been dressed at by a young\\nlady it s something that s always hap-\\npening when men are expected in houses\\nwhere girls are. Don t you know\\nthat?\\nFairford^ with relief I suppose\\nI dare say\\nMiss Lawrence But, unless you\\nknow, you never could imagine the rest\\nof what I m going to tell you. I ve\\njust had the most awful scare. A little\\nwhile before you came, I was up in\\nmy room, which looks out over the roof\\n[66]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nof the veranda here, and I fell into a\\nhopeless doubt between blue and green.\\nWhich should I wear I could n t de-\\ncide, and as I had left Mrs. Inglehart\\nsitting here alone, I indulged myself in\\na little impulse. I put up my window,\\nand asked Mrs. Inglehart which it\\nshould be, and then after I had decided,\\nI decided over again, and put up my\\nwindow to tell her so. It was this last\\ntime that I had my fright. I thought\\nI fancied I dreamed that I heard\\nanother voice just before I spoke, and\\nthat this voice was a man s voice. Of\\ncourse it was impossible, in the nature\\nof things, even if it was so, but it served,\\nfor the time being. As soon as I could\\nI reasoned myself out of it. Mrs. Ingle-\\nhart could n t be so ungenerous so\\n[67]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nunkind as to let me suppose she was\\nhere alone, and even if she could, the\\nman would have insisted upon giving\\nme some proof of his presence, if he was\\na gentleman. Of course if it were the\\ngroom, or the gardener, or some work-\\nman about the place, I needn t care;\\nand so, as I said, I reasoned myself out\\nof it. But it was a very pretty scare\\nwhile it lasted, I can assure you. I\\nreally suppose it was this that gave me\\nthat been-here-before feeling when I\\nsaw you coming up the steps. Ah, here\\ncomes Mrs. Inglehart, and I m off\\nduty but please don t speak to her of\\nit, will you I wish to tell her later\\nmyself. You promise\\nFairford: Yes\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, thank you.\\n[68]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nI ll be back directly, Lilly. I ve kept\\nMr. Fairford safely for you. She\\nwaves her hand to Mrs. Inglehart as\\nshe appears at the parlor window, and\\nvanishes through the door into the hall.\\nVII\\nMRS. INGLEHART AND FAIRFORD\\nMrs. Inglehart., coming out on the\\nveranda What is it you are not to\\ntell me?\\nFairford Who is that, Lillian\\nMrs. Inglehart It s Miss Law-\\nrence, of course. Don t you like her\\nFairford: Against my reason and\\nconscience, I consented to go away and\\ncome back, in this disgraceful fashion, to\\nspare your feelings, and hers and the\\n[69]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "An Tndia7i Giver\\nresult is tliat I shall do neither, and that\\nI shall not be able to hold up my head.\\nMrs. Inglehart Why, what in the\\nworld has happened\\nFairford: That is what I can t tell\\nyou that s what I promised I would n t\\ntell. You can ask Miss Lawrence I\\nam going away.\\nMrs. Inglehart Going away\\nFairford I have been placed in a\\nthoroughly false position. To oblige\\nyou, I have consented to act a falsehood,\\nand I have done it so badly that\\nMrs. Inglehart Of course you ve\\ndone it badly. I expected that. But\\nwhat of it? Did she get it out of\\nyou?\\nFairford I must leave you to learn\\nfrom Miss Lawrence what has passed.\\n[70]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nI have given my word, and I must keep\\nit. Good-by He bows coldly, and\\ngoes toward the veranda steps.\\nMrs. Inglehart, running to intercept\\nhim But you are not actually going\\nYou can t be so insane, so wicked as\\nthat!\\nFairford You Ve made it impos-\\nsible for me to stay. The truth must\\ncome out, and then you will see why.\\nMrs. Inglehart But no matter how\\nbad the truth is, you 11 only make it\\nworse by going\\nFairford I must be judge of that.\\nWill you please let me pass\\nMrs. Inglehart Do you think this\\nis treating me very nicely What shall\\nI say to Miss Lawrence How shall I\\nexplain? Oh, Jim, dear! Don t be\\n[71]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "A71 Indian Giver\\nboyish I ve no doubt that as soon as\\nI know what the trouble is, I can make\\nit right. I might have known she would\\ntangle you up, somehow but it can t be\\nbad enough to drive you from my house.\\nThink how it will look\\nFairford I must leave appear-\\nances to you, hereafter you can manage\\nthem better.\\nMrs. IngleJiart: Is that what she\\nsaid of me\\nFairford: Lillian!\\nMrs, Inglehart I did n t mean\\nthat, Jim; indeed I didn t. But you\\ncan t imagine how awkward it will be for\\nme if you go what a false position it\\nwill place me in. Don t be selfish\\nDon t go. I ash you to stay.^^ She\\nlooks at him significantly.\\n[72]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford It s too late. I d have\\ngiven the world to hear that from you\\na little while ago but now He\\nfalters.\\nMrs. IngleJiart Very well go,\\nthen know what the trouble is. She\\nknew that you had been here before,\\nand she could only have done it by\\neavesdropping.\\nFairford No, Lillian it was we\\nwho were eavesdropping.\\nMrs. IngleJiart Then it s not\\neavesdropping to listen from a window,\\nbut it is from a veranda She heard\\nevery word we were saying here, and her\\ncalling down to me was a mere ruse.\\nI might have known it at the time.\\nBut of course, if you think I was ca-\\npable of eavesdropping and she was n t,\\n[73]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nthat settles the matter, and I have no\\nmore to say. Don t let me keep yon,\\nMr. Fairford. She suddenly bursts\\ninto tears, and catching her handker-\\nchief to her face, flies through the win-\\ndow and vanishes, at the same moment\\nthat Mrs. Wenham appears at the hall-\\nway door.\\nVIII\\nMRS. WENHAM AND FAIEFORD\\nMrs. Wenham, coming forward to\\nwhere Fairford remains standing motion-\\nless, bag in hand Why, James\\nYou ve got here at last. What in the\\nworld kept you Have you just come\\nFairford I m just going.\\nMrs. Wenham Going Without\\nseeing Lillian\\n[74]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFaiyford I have seen her, and\\nthat s why I m going.\\nMrs, Wenham She is n t sending\\nyou away\\nFairford No, no Not in that\\nsense of the word. We ve quarreled.\\nAunt Harriet, I wish to tell you\\nMrs, Wenham: Oh, you needn t\\ntell me I know what it is. It s part\\nof that miserable nonsense of hers\\nabout But you have n t seen Miss\\nLawrence\\nFairford^ in dull despair Yes,\\nI ve seen Miss Lawrence.\\nMrs, Wenham And Lillian was\\nangry with you on that account, and in\\nher ridiculous jealousy Well, then,\\nI m glad she s lost you, James.\\nFairford I m not, Aunt Harriet.\\n[75]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nAnd I m afraid it is n t just as you think\\nit is. I must tell you something I\\npromised not to tell Lillian, but I may\\ntell you\\n3Irs. WenJiam You may tell me\\na?i?/thing, James. Whom did you\\npromise\\nFairford Miss Lawrence. I came\\nat half past four as I promised, and I\\nfound Lillian on the veranda here\\nMrs. Wenham Lillian And\\nwhere was Miss Lawrence\\nFairford I don t know or I\\ndid n t then but it seems somewhere\\noverhead and presently, while we were\\ntalking, she put up her window, and be-\\ngan calling down to Lillian, and asking\\nher what she should wear. Lillian\\nseemed to have forgotten about her\\n[76]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "An Jndian Giver\\nMrs. WenJiam Wretched child\\nFairford And when she remem-\\nbered, she said she had promised you\\nMiss Lawrence should see me first, and\\nI must go away, and come back so as to\\ngive the impression that I had n t been\\nhere.\\nMrs, Wenham But you never con-\\nsented to such an outrageous imposi-\\ntion?\\nFairford I did n t like it but I\\nthought Lillian was right in thinking\\nMiss Lawrence would be annoyed if she\\nknew that I had overheard her, and I\\nconsented in violation of every prin-\\nciple of my life. When I came back,\\nMiss Lawrence was here.\\nMrs. Weiiham: Well?\\nFairford: It was useless. She\\n[77]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nbegan to let me understand at once\\ntliat she knew I liad been liere already,\\nand in short, tlie game was up. She\\nkept the whole thing in such form that\\nI could neither admit it nor deny it.\\nWhen Lillian returned and Miss Law-\\nrence left us, I threatened to go away,\\nand she begged me to stay, and after\\nwe had some hot words, she told me\\nto go, and here I am. What is it\\nall about. Aunt Harriet Why should\\nshe promise you to let Miss Lawrence\\nreceive me, and why should Miss Law-\\nrence wish to dress especially to please\\nme?\\nMrs, Wenham I will tell you,\\nJames. But first sit down and put that\\nbag somewhere. You re not going, and\\nLillian never meant you to go, any\\n[78]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nmore than you meant to leave her when\\nyou threatened it. I m glad I know-\\njust how the case stands, and I think I\\ncan make you see Lillian s behavior in\\nthe right light, though I am thoroughly\\nashamed of it myself, and disgusted\\nwith her, and I ve told her so. You\\nwill always have to account for some-\\nthing that is wholly incomprehensible\\nin Lillian, if you expect to understand\\nher at all.\\nFairford^ patiently Yes, that is\\nwhat I have always tried to do.\\nMrs. WenJiam Well, then, you\\ncan easily imagine that when she had\\nconsented to your coming here to-day\\non terms that any one else would feel\\nwere the same as accepting you, she\\nshould feel the need of putting it out of\\n[79]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nher power to accept you or rather that\\nshe would have to be in the greatest\\ndanger of losing you before she was\\nable to accept you.\\nFairford^ making an effort I think\\nI can conceive of something like that.\\nWhat has it to do with Miss Law-\\nrence s trying to please my taste in\\ndress\\nMrs. Wenham Simply this. Be-\\nfore she could realize your loss, Lillian\\nhad to give you to some one else.\\nFairford^ after a moment s reflec-\\ntion If you wanted anything, would\\nyou put it out of your power, in order to\\nrealize your desire for it\\nMrs. Wenliam: No, but Lillian\\nwould and I should respect you a\\ngreat deal more if you renounced her\\n[80]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nforever, and took a fancy to Miss\\nLawrence. But I hope you won t, for I\\nknow that Lillian is devotedly fond of\\nyou.\\nFairford I m afraid there s no\\ndanger of my renouncing her. Whom\\ndid she give me to\\nMr 8. Wenham: Oh, you poor, sin-\\ngle-minded man To Miss Lawrence.\\nFairford And did Miss Lawrence\\nknow it?\\nMrs. Wenham James, I don t won-\\nder Lillian finds you rather trying at\\ntimes. Of course she knew it I And I\\ninsisted upon her being allowed to meet\\nyou first, and to to to\\nFairford: What?\\nMrs. Wenham My dear, you are\\nenough to try the patience of a saint.\\n[81]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "An Indian Give?\\nSucli innocence as yours is criminal\\nAt this word, Mrs. Ingiehart suddenly\\nemerges from the drawing-room window\\nupon the veranda.\\nIX\\nMRS. INGLEHAUT, MRS. WENHAM, AND\\nFAIRFORD\\nMrs, Ingiehart I will not have\\nyou abusing me to James, mother.\\niHfrs. Wenham I was not speak-\\ning of you\\nMrs. Ingiehart You said crimi-\\nnal.\\nMrs. Wenham I said James was\\ncriminal for being so good.\\nMrs. Ingiehart Oh And what\\nhave you been saying about me\\n[82]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs, Wenham I ve been explain-\\ning you.\\nMrs. Inglehart Very well, then, I\\nwon t he explained above all to Mr.\\nFairford. She sits down and looks at\\nher mother. I thought he was going.\\nFairford^ appealingly You know\\nI couldn t go, Lillian\\nMrs. Inglehart^ ignoring him He\\nsaid he was going; but perhaps that\\nwas a man s way of meaning that he\\nwas n t. You never can tell what they\\nmean from what they say. Do you\\nknow where Miss Lawrence is, mother?\\nI wish to tell her that Mr. Fairford has\\nchanged his mind, and is going to stay\\nafter all. She may not like to come to\\ndinner in that case or Mr. Fairford\\nmay not like to meet her. They seem\\n[83]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nboth to be victims of the same deceit,\\npoor dears. I m sure I don t know who\\nhas tried to deceive them, except for\\ntheir own good.\\nFairford I never doubted your\\nmotive, Lillian. I know how generous\\nyou are. I only objected to the false\\nposition that I was placed in with refer-\\nence to Miss Lawrence.\\nMrs. Inglehart^ always ignoring him\\nI hope you are satisfied, mother, with\\nhaving insisted on my letting Miss Law-\\nrence meet Mr. Fairford first, instead\\nof receiving him myself as a hostess\\nshould.\\nMrs. Wenham, rising in virtuous in-\\ndignation Lillian, I will not allow\\nyou to be so perverse I don t care\\nhow old you are. You are acting like\\n[84]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\na. naughty child, but I suppose it s\\nbecause you re thoroughly ashamed of\\nyourself. I ve told James all about\\nyour wicked folly, and if I were he I\\nshould go away, and leave you to get\\nout of it as you could. I wash my hands\\nof the whole affair. Mrs. Wenham\\nsweeps indoors and abandons the cous-\\nins to their own devices.\\nX\\nMRS. INGLEHART AND FAIRFORD\\nMrs. Inglehart, after a marked si-\\nlence, very mildly and meekly Well,\\nJim!\\nFairford Well, Lil\\nMrs. Inglehart What do you\\nthink of me now\\n[85]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFair ford I have n t changed my\\nmind but I think I understand you a\\nlittle better than I did.\\nMrs. Inglehart And you still blame\\nme Remember I don t know what my\\nmother s been saying about me.\\nFairford Nothing that doesn t\\nmake you dearer to me. I think she\\nwas too hard upon you for a harmless\\njoke like that.\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh, Jim, how\\nsweet you are Do you really mean\\nit?\\nFairford I wish you would let\\nme prove it. I wish you could let me\\nemploy my life in proving it.\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh, you know I\\nalways trusted you. You re truth it-\\nself\\n[86]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nFairford And I always trusted\\nyou, though\\nMrs. Inglehart Though I m not\\ntruth itself.\\nFairford Something like that.\\nMrs. Inglehart How delicious\\nYou know I always did think your candor\\nwas delicious. She puts up her hands\\nto the back of her head, and tries to\\nlook round at the top of her chair. I\\nseem to be caught\\nFairford Can I help you\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh, no. But he\\ncomes to her and frees the knot of her\\nhair from a loose fibre of the cane which\\nhas caught it. Thank you so much,\\nJames. He does not go away, and he\\ndoes not relinquish the hand she had\\nput up to help free her hair. He sits\\n[87]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\ndown on the arm of her chair, and scru-\\ntinizes her left-hand fingers critically.\\nMrs. Inglehart WeU\\nFairford I thought I could n t be\\nmistaken in the size. May I try it\\non?\\nMrs. Inglehart Why, if you ve\\ntaken all the trouble to bring it\\nFairford I ventured to do it.\\nMrs. Inglehart^ looking fondly up\\ninto his eyes while he fits the ring on\\nher finger It was no great risk.\\nFairford: Does it hurt? Is it too\\ntight?\\n3Irs. Inglehart It is too tight, but\\nit does n t hurt A sound of quick\\nfootfalls and rustling skirts makes itself\\nheard within the drawing-room. Mrs.\\nInglehart jumps to her feet. Oh,\\n[88]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\ngood gracious There s that detest-\\nable girl I forgot all about her again\\nRun, Jim Or no, it s too late now.\\nStay The sound of the quick foot-\\nfalls and the rustling skirts within grows\\nvaguer. Yes, go now. She s exe-\\ncuting a little manoeuvre. She s seen\\nus, but she s pretending she did n t, and\\nshe s gone back to give us time before\\nshe comes out through the hall door.\\nThat s all right. Run along now, dear,\\nand leave me to manage with her. I\\ndon t think she 11 get anything out of\\nme that I don t want her to know. Why\\ndon t you go, James Oh Goose\\nShe puts her arms round his neck, as he\\nbends over her, and kisses him, and\\nthen pushes him decisively away. As\\nhe disappears round the corner of the\\n[89]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nveranda, she calls Miss Lawrence\\nEoberta! Is that you?\\nMiss Lawrence^ within I am look-\\ning for a handkerchief I left Oh,\\nhere it is She appears at the door,\\nand looks out. I thought Mr. Fair-\\nford\\nMrs. Inglehart: He was here a\\nmoment ago, but he s gone to his room\\nI suppose to his room. I ve been so\\nmuch interested in your psychological\\nexperience, Roberta.\\nMiss Lawrence Then he s told\\nI might have expected it.\\nMrs, Inglehart You d have been\\ndisappointed if you had. Men need n t\\ntell things. They ve merely to say they\\nwon t, and then women are inspired with\\nthe facts. I guessed what had happened\\n[90]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nas soon as I saw the kind of trouble he\\nwas in, and I envied you the opportu-\\nnity you had of rattling him. Do\\ntell me just how you did it.\\nMiss Lawrence Do you think that\\nwill be necessary\\nMrs, Inglehart No, I don t know\\nthat I do. And I admire you for your\\nreticence. I supposed frankness was\\nyour strong point.\\nMiss Lawrence Is n t that always\\na forlorn hope with us The pose of\\nutter despair The last resort\\nMrs. Lnglehart Perhaps it is. I\\nwas just going to try it with you. There\\nseems nothing else for it.\\nMiss Lawrence Ah, you pique\\nmy curiosity. What is it you could be\\nfrank about I mean\\n[91]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMrs. Inglehart I see what you\\nmean. But you remember that a little\\nwhile ago, here, I gave you James Fair-\\nford?\\nMiss Lawrence Yes and the\\ngods themselves cannot resume their\\ngifts.\\nMrs. Inglehart I don t know about\\nthe gods, but I m sure the goddesses\\ncould. My dear Roberta, I want him\\nback. I must have him. Come, now,\\nbe very, very nice, and let me have\\nhim again Won t you I know that\\nlegally, and everything else, he belongs\\nto you, and I suppose that in a court\\nof justice I should n t have the slight-\\nest chance. But I throw myself on\\nyour mercy. See She comes over\\nto where the girl has seated herself,\\n[92]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nand drops on her knees before her.\\nLet me have him, dear I d no\\nidea I cared anything about him till\\nI d parted with him. Come Say the\\nword\\n3Iiss Lawrence And I, what\\nam I to do with the wealth of affection\\nthat I had prepared to lavish upon\\nhim?\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh, give it to\\nsomebody else Jim won t mind.\\nMiss Lawrence Ah, that s just\\nwhat I m not so sure about I ve an\\nidea that he is madly devoted to me.\\nIn fact, I can t give him up till I know\\nfrom his own lips that he wishes to be\\ngiven up. Yes, he must renounce\\nme\\nMrs. Inglehart Oh, but I assure\\n[93]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nyou lie does n t care anything about\\nyou\\nMiss Lawrence That I must know\\nfrom himself. I insist upon his choos-\\ning between us\\nMrs. Inglehart^ rising Do you\\nreally mean it\\nMiss Lawrence Yes I think it\\nwould be fun.\\nMrs. Inglehart^ with genuine feeling\\nI can t say it s my idea of a joke.\\nWell, then, it may be very inhospitable,\\nand all that, and I wish it could have\\ncome about a little more gracefully, but\\nI have to tell you Oh, have you\\nhurt yourself She takes note of the\\nhandkerchief which Miss Lawrence has\\nwrapped around her left hand the girl\\nputs the hand behind her. Can t I\\n[94]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\ngive you something Arnica Pond s\\nextract? How did you do it? Put-\\nting up the window f\\nMiss Lawrence, in embarrassment:\\nNo, no\\nMrs. Inglehart, dryly I m very\\nsorry. Those window-catches are awk-\\nward things. I ve caught my fingers\\nwhen I ve been thinking of something\\nelse.\\nMiss Lawrence It was n t the\\nwindow-catch, I assure you, Mrs. Ingle-\\nhart, and I don t know how to tell\\nyou what it is, exactly. I thought it\\nwould be so simple; but I ought\\nnever to have let you give me Mr. Fair-\\nford.\\nMrs, IngleTiart Oh, don t mind\\nthat. I ve taken him back again.\\n[96]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "A71 hidian Giver\\nMiss Lawrence Oh, tliat does n t\\nmake it right on my part. I meant to\\nhave told you before; but I couldn t\\nget the chance and then it seemed to get\\nmore and more complicated, and\\nMrs, Inglehart, impatiently Well?\\nMiss Lawrence Well She puts\\nout her left hand to Mrs. Inglehart, and\\ncovers her eyes with the handkerchief\\nshe has caught from it.\\nMrs, Inglehart, clutching it wildly:\\nAn engagement ring\\nMiss Laicrence Yes, we were en-\\ngaged last week, and when you began\\nto speak to me, and I did n t know quite\\nhow I had n t the courage\\nMrs. Inglehart, flinging Miss Law-\\nrence s hand from her Then it was\\nall a trick from the beginning And\\n[96]", "height": "2807", "width": "1656", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nyou let me make a fool of myself in that\\nway, and all the time you were engaged\\nAnd you said you never met him be-\\nfore\\nMiss Lawrence, in amaze How\\ncould I say such a thing We ve\\nknown each other for years.\\nMrs. Inglehart So it appears.\\nAnd I don t know how you could say\\nyou d never seen him, but I know you\\ndid say it. Perhaps you d like two en-\\ngagement rings. You may have mine\\nShe tries to get it off.\\nMiss Lawrence What do you\\nmean What are you doing Whom\\nare you talking about\\nMrs. Liglehart, still struggling vio-\\nlently with the ring James Fairford.\\nYou may have both his rings\\n[97]", "height": "2832", "width": "1575", "jp2-path": "indiangivercomed00howe_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "An Indian Giver\\nMiss Lawrence James Fairf ord\\nI don t want his rings either of them.\\nI m engaged to Arthur Wayland Do\\nyou think there s only one man in the\\nworld?\\nMrs. Inglehart^ after a moment s\\ndaze Then you you I see\\nyes Oh, you dear Oh, I m so happy\\nfor you! She falls upon Miss Law-\\nrence s neck and clasps her to her heart.\\nArthur Wayland He s charming,\\nand he s a very lucky fellow, but he\\ndeserves you if any one does. 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