The Parting of The Ways Mrs. Longworth crossed the hotel piazza , descended the steps , and walked out of sight down the shore road with all the grace of motion that lent distinction to her slightest movement . Her eyes were very bright , and an unusual flush stained the pallor of her cheek . Two men who were lounging in one corner of the hotel piazza looked admiringly after her . `` She is a beautiful woman , '' said one . `` Was n't there some talk about Mrs. Longworth and Cunningham last winter ? '' asked the other . `` Yes . They were much together . Still , there may have been nothing wrong . She was old Judge Carmody 's daughter , you know . Longworth got Carmody under his thumb in money matters and put the screws on . They say he made Carmody 's daughter the price of the old man 's redemption . The girl herself was a mere child , I shall never forget her face on her wedding day . But she 's been plucky since then , I must say . If she has suffered , she has n't shown it . I do n't suppose Longworth ever ill-treats her . He is n't that sort . He 's simply a grovelling cad -- that 's all . Nobody would sympathise much with the poor devil if his wife did run off with Cunningham . '' Meanwhile , Beatrice Longworth walked quickly down the shore road , her white skirt brushing over the crisp golden grasses by the way .
In a sunny hollow among the sandhills she came upon Stephen Gordon , sprawled out luxuriously XXXXX the warm , sea-smelling grasses .
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