THE INTRODUCTION
“Good morning, Uncle Brooke. I have brought my friend, Marjorie Dean to
meet you. I hope you are feeling your splendid best today.”
Miss Susanna’s voice, gently modulated until nothing remained of its
natural quick, brisk quality, filled Marjorie with an impulse to cry. It
was not that gentle voice alone which awoke her emotion. She was looking
straight toward a face, strong, proud, with an almost haughty set of
noble dark head on broad but sloping shoulders. Eyes, startling in their
blueness, a firm mouth, somehow suggesting humor and shaded by a
close-clipped dark mustache.
Marjorie had seen portraits of Brooke Hamilton. She had never before
seen this particular painting of him. She understood, instantly she
beheld it, why Miss Susanna should take pleasure in regarding it as
life-like enough to merit an introduction. It had been evidently painted
when he was perhaps thirty and in the glory of his manhood. It was a
life-size study of head and shoulders far finer than any other of him
she had previously seen at the Arms.
A choking sensation rose in her throat. She fought it back, clenching
her hands and resisting sturdily the impulse to cry. It seemed an age
since Miss Susanna had spoken. In reality it was not more than two
minutes.
“Uncle Brooke, let me introduce Marjorie Dean. You wrote the fourteenth
maxim for her, though you did not then know it. Marjorie Dean, let me
present you to my great uncle, Brooke Hamilton. He wishes to give you
his confidence.” Again Miss Susanna’s voice rose and fell gently on the
sunlit study.
“Good morning, my friend, Brooke Hamilton. I accept your confidence as
sacred. I will never disturb the inner deeps.” Marjorie gazed at the
handsome manly face through a mist.
“Because I have called you friend I will neither measure out friendship
to you in quantity nor lay a restriction upon it.” It was Miss Susanna
who followed Marjorie’s exalted promise with Brooke Hamilton’s own creed
of friendship.
“I thank you, Mr. Brooke Hamilton.” Marjorie bowed sedately. Next
instant her sedate air broke up in a winsome smile. She thought the man
in the portrait looked as though he might have enjoyed fun and laughter
as well as profound consciousness of responsibility.
“And now you’ve been introduced,” Miss Susanna said naively. “I had
Jonas put this portrait away for awhile. It used to hang in my private
sitting room. I was afraid you might see it before I was ready to have
you. It was painted by a young Frenchman named Blaneau. He died at
twenty-seven. He would have no doubt been ranked as the greatest
portrait painter of his time had he lived. Such is the history of the
most natural picture of my uncle I have. He claimed it to be such. If
you like it, it is to stay here and be your inspiration. Truly, I think
the presence of it in the room will help you.”
“I know it will.” Marjorie said fervently. “Oh, Miss Susanna, do you
think I am great enough of spirit to do him justice?”
“I know you are.” Miss Hamilton’s tone was victoriously certain. “Would
you be amazed if I were to say that you are like him in some respects?
You are. Your ideals are in keeping with his. He believed most of all in
the romance of deeds, rather than of love. He gloried in action; the
kind that would most benefit the most people. Yet he found after all
that love was love, that the romance of men and women—”
Miss Susanna stopped. Came a tense hush. The idea of Brooke Hamilton as
in love had never before presented itself to Marjorie. “The romance of
men and women” repeated itself in Marjorie’s brain. There it was again.
It was not for her. She would write the biography of Brooke Hamilton,
promote the interests of the dormitory. She would continue to hug the
romance of deeds to her heart.
She did not know that romance was still waiting patiently for her around
a future corner.
She did not know that beauty and romance hate separation; that true love
seeks true natures. She had yet to earn that true romance was the inner
heart of love. Her bold sister, adventure, belonged to deeds. How she
learned the lesson of love from one who had learned it too late for
happiness will be told in “MARJORIE DEAN’S ROMANCE.”
THE END.
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Transcriber’s note:
Page 3, comma inserted after ‘Warniferous,’ “better, Luciferous
Warniferous, than”
Page 7, full stop struck after ‘Such—,’ “Jerry. “Such—” She broke”
Page 8, comma changed to full stop following ‘laugh,’ “ended with a
laugh.”
Page 8, ‘Remsen’s’ changed to ‘Remson’s,’ “cushion at Miss Remson’s”
Page 8, ‘thriftly’ changed to ‘thriftily,’ “had thriftily set a small”
Page 10, opening double quote struck before ‘Make,’ “me. Make them
understand”
Page 11, ‘rythm’ changed to ‘rhythm,’ “sense of rhythm”
Page 11, ‘Wienawski’ changed to ‘Wieniawski,’ “waltz by Wieniawski
while”
Page 11, ‘querry’ changed to ‘query,’ “general breathless query”
Page 14, opening double quote struck before ‘They,’ “Leila. They made a”
Page 14, ‘Lelia’ changed to ‘Leila,’ “your opinion, Leila”
Page 17, ‘menber’ changed to ‘member,’ “an obliging member of”
Page 18, opening double quote inserted before ‘I,’ “smile. “I am here”
Page 18, opening double quote inserted before ‘She’s,’ “contradicted.
“She’s unselfish”
Page 24, ‘Mamilton’ changed to ‘Hamilton,’ “broke in Miss Hamilton”
Page 32, opening double quote inserted before ‘The,’ “room. “The other I
sent”
Page 33, ‘vizualized’ changed to ‘visualized,’ “had visualized Miss
Susanna”
Page 36, comma changed to full stop following ‘question,’ “question. She
believed”
Page 38, opening double quote inserted before ‘I,’ ““I know that I used”
Page 39, opening double quote inserted before ‘That’s,’ “right. “That’s
my favorite”
Page 41, ‘embued’ changed to ‘imbued,’ “impulsively, imbued with the”
Page 41, opening double quote inserted before ‘It’s,’ “sentiment. “It’s
so comforting”
Page 43, ‘Hamilton’s’ changed to ‘Hamiltons,’ “last of the Hamiltons”
Page 44, ‘magnificant’ changed to ‘magnificent,’ “your magnificent foot
in”
Page 44, opening double quote inserted before ‘As,’ “Room 15. “As it is”
Page 46, ‘o’ changed to ‘a,’ “Through a kind of”
Page 52, opening double quote inserted before ‘Vacate,’ “occupant.
“Vacate gracefully,”
Page 63, ‘flatter’ changed to ‘flattering,’ “sudden flattering interest”
Page 67, opening double quote inserted before ‘‘Charity,’ “said:
“‘Charity begins at”
Page 68, closing double quote inserted after ‘out.,’ “us out.” Jerry
complained”
Page 70, ‘disagreable’ changed to ‘disagreeable,’ “of very disagreeable
hours”
Page 71, ‘manuevering’ changed to ‘maneuvering,’ “her own clever
maneuvering”
Page 74, closing double quote inserted after ‘alone.,’ “I must go
alone.””
Page 77, ‘Muried’ changed to ‘Muriel,’ “after Muriel had invited”
Page 80, ‘sich’ changed to ‘such,’ “Minister, and such”
Page 84, ‘Judia’ changed to ‘Julia,’ “when Julia knocked”
Page 93, ‘commenecd’ changed to ‘commenced,’ “her wraps and commenced”
Page 98, ‘Christmass’ changed to ‘Christmas,’ “of the Christmas tree”
Page 98, ‘Lot’s’ changed to ‘Lots,’ “Lots of good eats”
Page 99, ‘crystalized’ changed to ‘crystallized,’ “the frost-like
crystalized”
Page 100, ‘Shool’ changed to ‘School,’ “at Sanford High School”
Page 103, opening double quote struck before ‘Why,’ “since dinner. Why
did”
Page 104, ‘Lelia’ changed to ‘Leila,’ “commented Leila with”
Page 104, second ‘stars.”’ struck, “consult the stars.””
Page 105, ‘exhuberent’ changed to ‘exuberant,’ “of exuberant raillery”
Page 107, ‘grippng’ changed to ‘gripping,’ “girl a gripping handshake”
Page 108, ‘volumious’ changed to ‘voluminous,’ “with a voluminous white”
Page 109, ‘threatend’ changed to ‘threatened,’ “he threatened with
smiles”
Page 111, opening double quote struck before ‘Santa,’ “Santa Claus’s
eight reindeer”
Page 111, ‘therby’ changed to ‘thereby,’ “times, thereby giving”
Page 115, ‘intrduction’ changed to ‘introduction,’ “was her introduction
to”
Page 115, ‘pardner’ changed to ‘partner,’ “Seabrooke as a partner”
Page 116, ‘pardner’ changed to ‘partner,’ “Marjorie’s partner chanced”
Page 120, ‘you, merry’ changed to ‘you merry,’ “God rest you merry,”
Page 121, comma changed to full stop following ‘Susanna,’ “N’est ce pas,
Miss Susanna.”
Page 121, ‘Hamilton’s’ changed to ‘Hamiltons,’ “the last of the
Hamiltons”
Page 123, ‘impedementa’ changed to ‘impedimenta,’ “other civil
impedimenta will”
Page 123, ‘consficated’ changed to ‘confiscated,’ “will be confiscated
by”
Page 124, ‘bouyant’ changed to ‘buoyant,’ “began a buoyant descent”
Page 124, ‘manuevers’ changed to ‘maneuvers,’ “military maneuvers of
the”
Page 125, ‘misletoe’ changed to ‘mistletoe,’ “under the mistletoe bough”
Page 126, full stop inserted after ‘tritely,’ “she quoted tritely.”
Page 127, ‘apolegetic’ changed to ‘apologetic,’ “He grew cheerfully
apologetic”
Page 127, ‘pardner’ changed to ‘partner,’ “and your partner away”
Page 128, ‘daiz’ changed to ‘dais,’ “about the golden dais”
Page 130, ‘to-to’ changed to ‘to—to,’ “going to—to—cry”
Page 131, ‘gryated’ changed to ‘gyrated,’ “which gyrated so rapidly”
Page 140, ‘uneasines’ changed to ‘uneasiness,’ “a feeling of uneasiness”
Page 147, ‘decidely’ changed to ‘decidedly,’ “feeling decidedly in awe”
Page 149, full stop inserted after ‘truths,’ “plain truths. Her one”
Page 150, ‘dwaddled’ changed to ‘dawdled,’ “they dawdled over their”
Page 153, comma inserted after ‘about,’ “asked me about, Leslie”
Page 161, ‘temperary’ changed to ‘temporary,’ “her temporary abode”
Page 176, semicolon changed to comma after ‘indifferent,’ “walk,
indifferent, swaggering”
Page 180, ‘back gammon’ changed to ‘backgammon,’ “chess or backgammon
of”
Page 182, comma inserted after ‘dark-faced,’ “the dark-faced, suave”
Page 187, ‘fightng’ changed to ‘fighting,’ “fighting to assert”
Page 191, ‘thought’ changed to ‘though,’ “Beauty, though I do not”
Page 191, ‘prouldy’ changed to ‘proudly,’ “as she proudly raised”
Page 192, opening double quote inserted before ‘Signor,’ “she surmised.
“Signor Baretti”
Page 193, opening double quote inserted before ‘She,’ “I’m sure. “She
sprang”
Page 194, ‘Traveles’ changed to ‘Travelers,’ “None of the Travelers”
Page 196, ‘room-mate’ changed to ‘roommate,’ “her hungry roommate”
Page 200, ‘speakng’ changed to ‘speaking,’ “He ceased speaking and”
Page 205, ‘unscupulous’ changed to ‘unscrupulous,’ “of unscrupulous
cleverness”
Page 206, opening double quote inserted before ‘What,’ “laughed Robin.
“What are”
Page 208, ‘voluably’ changed to ‘volubly,’ “sputtered volubly to”
Page 209, ‘conscienciously’ changed to ‘conscientiously,’ “not
conscientiously begin”
Page 209, ‘consciencious’ changed to ‘conscientious,’ “such a
conscientious child”
Page 211, ‘behooved’ changed to ‘behoved,’ “it behoved him to”
Page 213, ‘allaw’ changed to ‘allow,’ “her father could allaw”
Page 215, ‘she’ inserted before ‘had,’ “which she had pulled”
Page 215, ‘Jerrry’ changed to ‘Jerry,’ “Jerry said quickly.”
Page 215, opening double quote inserted before ‘Don’t,’ “quickly. “Don’t
weep, Bean”
Page 217, full stop changed to comma following ‘you,’ “Thank you, oh,
thank”
Page 217, ‘It’ changed to ‘If,’ “If you hear blood-curdling”
Page 220, ‘pardners’s’ changed to ‘partners’s,’ “the partners’s united”
Page 221, ‘room-mate’ changed to ‘roommate,’ “she is my roommate”
Page 227, comma inserted after ‘declared,’ “declared, in the light”
Page 228, ‘pardners’ changed to ‘partners,’ “between the partners, when”
Page 228, ‘pardners’ changed to ‘partners,’ “and the partners had”
Page 229, ‘stiick’ changed to ‘stick,’ “going to stick to me”
Page 231, ‘afternon’ changed to ‘afternoon,’ “of the afternoon and”
Page 232, ‘Lesliie’ changed to ‘Leslie,’ “which Leslie found herself”
Page 234, ‘latter’ changed to ‘letter,’ “handed her a letter”
Page 234, ‘tessalated’ changed to ‘tessellated,’ “the tessellated marble
floor”
Page 234, ‘She’ inserted before ‘stumbled,’ “behind her. She stumbled”
Page 240, ‘Sussana’ changed to ‘Susanna,’ “Miss Susanna mentioned”
Page 241, opening double quote inserted before ‘There,’ “head. “There,
you look”
Page 241, opening double quote inserted before ‘Come,’ “declared. “Come,
now, you”
Page 242, dash inserted before ‘like,’ “—like an old Paul”
Page 244, comma inserted after ‘Dean,’ “Marjorie Dean, let me”
Page 244, ‘Majorie’ changed to ‘Marjorie,’ “Marjorie gazed at”
Page 245, comma inserted after ‘Susanna,’ “Miss Susanna, do you”
Ad Page 4, ‘ALLENS’ changed to ‘ALLEN’S,’ “AT MISS ALLEN’S SCHOOL”
End of Project Gutenberg's Marjorie Dean at Hamilton Arms, by Pauline Lester