Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


Dick scarcely heard him, such was the rush of other thoughts. Paula
had not mentioned whether Mrs. Wade and the little Wades were coming,
much less mentioned that she had invited them. Yet this Dick tried to
consider no lapse on her part, for often and often, like himself, she
had guests whose arrival was the first he knew of their coming.


It was, however, evident that Mrs. Wade was not coming that day, else
Paula would not be running away thirty miles up the valley. That was
it, and there was no blinking it. She was running away, and from him.
She could not face being alone with him with the consequent perils of
intimacy--and perilous, in such circumstances, could have but the
significance he feared. And further, she was making the evening sure.
She would not be back for dinner, or till long after dinner, it was a
safe wager, unless she brought the whole Wickenberg crowd with her.
She would be back late enough to expect him to be in bed. Well, he
would not disappoint her, he decided grimly, as he replied to Colonel
Stoddard:

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