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"Oh! Hope so," said Georgie, gravely; "but there's heaps of time for marryin' an' all that sort of thing, ain't there?" OH I HOPE SO SAID GEORGIE GRAVELY BUT THERE'S HEAPS OF TIME FOR MARRYIN AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING AIN'T THERE
mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea. It was much easier than he had supposed to converse with a woman for an hour at a time. Then Mrs. Zuleika, turning from parental affection, spoke of love in the abstract as a thing not unworthy of study, and in discreet twilights after dinner demanded confidences. Georgie would have been delighted to supply them, but he had none, and did not know it was his duty to manufacture them. Mrs. Zuleika expressed surprise and unbelief, and asked—those questions which deep asks of deep. She learned all that was necessary to conviction, and, being very much a woman, resumed (Georgie never knew that she had abandoned) the motherly attitude. “Do you know,” she said, somewhere in the Mediterranean, “I think you’re the very dearest boy I have ever met in my life, and I’d like you to remember me a little. You will when you are older, but I want you to remember me now. You’ll make some girl very happy.” TER AND PROMPTLY TALKED OF HIS OWN MOTHER THREE HUNDRED MILES NEARER EACH DAY OF HIS HOME AND SO FORTH ALL THE WAY UP THE RED SEA IT WAS MUCH EASIER THAN HE SUPPOSED TO CONVERSE WITH THE WOMAN FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME THEN MISSUS ZULEIKA TURNING FROM PARENTAL AFFECTION SPOKE OF LOVE IN THE ABSTRACT AS A THING NOT UNWORTHY OF STUDY AND IN DISCREET TWILIGHTS AFTER DINNER DEMANDED CONFIDENCES GEORGIE WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED TO SUPPLY THEM BUT HE HAD NONE AND DID NOT KNOW IT WAS HIS DUTY TO MANUFACTURE THEM MISSUS ZULEIKA EXPRESSED SURPRISE AND UNBELIEF AND ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS WHICH DEEP ASKS OF DEEP SHE LEARNED ALL THAT WAS NECESSARY TO CONVICTION AND BEING VERY MUCH A WOMAN RESUMED GEORGY NEVER KNEW THAT SHE HAD ABANDONED THE MOTHERLY ATTITUDE DO YOU KNOW SHE SAID SOMEWHERE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN I THINK YOU'RE THE VERY DEAREST BOY I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE AND I'D LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER ME A LITTLE YOU WILL WHEN YOU'RE OLDER BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME NOW YOU'LL MAKE SOME GIRL VERY HAPPY
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