`` I am not , '' said Mollie indignantly . `` Mollie ! Mollie ! After that kiss ! Fie , fie ! '' `` You are very absurd , '' said Mollie , `` But your absurdity has been amusing . I have -- yes , positively -- I have enjoyed your Eden comedy . But now you must not come any further with me . My aunt might not approve . Here is my path to Orchard Knob farmhouse . There , I presume , is yours to Sweetbriar Cottage . Good morning . '' `` I am coming over to see you this afternoon , '' said Murray coolly . `` But you need n't be afraid . I will not tell tales out of Eden . I will be a hypocrite and pretend to Mrs. Palmer that we have never met before . But you and I will know and remember . Now , you may go . I reserve to myself the privilege of standing here and watching you out of sight . '' * * * * * That afternoon Murray strolled over to Orchard Knob , going into the kitchen without knocking as was the habit in that free and easy world .
Mrs. Palmer was lying on the lounge XXXXX a pungent handkerchief bound about her head , but keeping a vigilant eye on a very pretty , very plump brown-eyed girl who was stirring a kettleful of cherry preserve on the range .
After Cottage Eden Fie Knob Mollie Palmer of to with