"
"But accidents might happen, for all Azalea's care and watchfulness--"
"I know that, but an accident might happen to Winnie when she takes Baby
out in her coach!"
"Are you standing up for Azalea?"
"That's just what I'm doing! I'm glad you've got it through your head
at last. And I ask this of you, old friend. Whatever you do or say to
Azalea, think it well over beforehand. If you talk to Patty, as she is
feeling now you'll both be ready to tar and feather poor Zaly; and,
truly, she doesn't deserve it! Please, Bill, go slow,--and be just. Be
generous if you can,--but at any rate, be just. That's all I ask. And
you can't be just if you act on impulse,--so, go slow. Will you?"
"Yes, Mona,--there's my hand on it We're not often over-impulsive,--Patty
and I,--but in this case we may be,--might have been,--if you hadn't
warned me. You're a good girl, Mona, and I thank you for your foresight
and real kindness,"
And so Farnsworth went in search of Patty with a resolve to try to
reason out the matter with a fair consideration of all sides of it.
He found his wife and daughter in the nursery.
Patty had sent Winnie off, feeling that she must hold Fleurette in her
arms for some time, in order to realise that she was safe from the
whirling winds of that awful cyclone!
When Bill appeared, Patty began at once, and launched forth a full
description of the picture play, and of Azalea's and Fleurette's parts
in it.
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