How are we all going to get over to Wish-ton-wish ? Leo and Bertha are going in the pony carriage . It wo n't hold a third passenger . You 'll have to squeeze in with Father and me in the buggy , Selwyn . '' `` By no means , '' replied Selwyn briskly . `` I 'll walk over to Wish-ton-wish . Ifs only half a mile across lots . I suppose the old way is still open ? '' `` It ought to be , '' answered Mr. Grant drily ; `` Leo has kept it well trodden . If you 've forgotten how it runs he can tell you . '' `` I have n't forgotten , '' said Selwyn , a little brusquely . He had his own reasons for remembering the wood path . Leo had not been the first Grant to go courting to Wish-ton-wish . When he started , the moon was rising round and red and hazy in an eastern hill-gap . The autumn air was mild and spicy . Long shadows stretched across the fields on his right and silvery mosaics patterned the floor of the old beechwood lane . Selwyn walked slowly . He was thinking of Esme Graham or , rather , of the girl who had been Esme Graham , and wondering if he would see her at the wedding . It was probable , and he did not want to see her . In spite of ten years ' effort , he did not think he could yet look upon Tom St. Clair 's wife with the proper calm indifference .
At the best , it would taint his own memory of her ; he would never again be able to think of her as Esme Graham but only as Esme St. XXXXX .
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