I can laugh over the absurdities I helped to perpetrate, but I must
confess that the experiences of those few weeks went far towards
making a man of me."
"Did the A. C. break up at once?" asked Mr. Johnson.
"Not precisely; though Eunice and I left the house within two days,
as we had agreed. We were not married immediately, however. Three
long years--years of hope and mutual encouragement--passed away
before that happy consummation. Before our departure, Hollins had
fallen into his old manner, convinced, apparently, that Candor
must be postponed to a better age of the world. But the quarrel
rankled in Shelldrake's mind, and especially in that of his wife.
I could see by her looks and little fidgety ways that his further
stay would be very uncomfortable. Abel Mallory, finding himself
gaining in weight and improving in color, had no thought of
returning. The day previous, as I afterwards learned, he had
discovered Perkins Brown's secret kitchen in the woods.
"`Golly!' said that youth, in describing the circumstance to me, `I
had to ketch TWO porgies that day.
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