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"That's why he's here," said Lightener. "The Family touched off a
mess of fireworks. Mrs. Foote refuses to have anything to do with the
girl if Bonbright marries her. Promised to see nobody else did, too.
Isn't that it, Bonbright?"
"Yes."
"I don't like to mix in a family row..."
"You've GOT to, dad," said Hilda. "Of course Bonbright couldn't stand
THAT." They understood her to mean by THAT the Foote family's
position in the matter. "He couldn't stand it. ... I expect you and
mother are disappointed. You wanted me to marry Bonbright, myself..."
"HILDA!" Mrs. Lightener's voice was shocked.
"Oh, Bonbright and I talked it over the night we met. Don't be a bit
alarmed. I'm not being especially forward. ... We've got to do
something. What does Bon want us to do?"
"He wants me to give him a job."
She turned to Bonbright. "They turned you out?"
"I turned myself out," he said.
She nodded understandingly. "You WOULD," she said, approvingly. "What
kind of a job can you give him, dad?"
"H'm.


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