Last Pages. Oscar Mandel

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      If the young man felt less than his hearty self at supper that evening, he showed so little outward change that neither Wallace nor Cottle noticed anything.

      Mamack once again was obliged to report that the Enterprise was not to be seen from the southern cove.

      Next morning, the day announcing itself as bright as anyone could wish, Aimée jokingly sought permission of Madeleine to spend the day with her rejected lover roving, as the girl had done, over the island. “I must pry secrets from him, but also, I want to see for myself why you are in love with him but will not marry him, or so you tell me.”

      “Mother,” Madeleine implored her, “let’s have done with the Mayhews and return to Montreal. They are fine people; leave them alone. You’ve served Gage so well in the past, he will never dismiss you.”

      “Well,” replied Aimée, “perhaps you are right. And yet I want my day with Nicholas. At worst, it will be my holiday.”