Tumbled to the trick in a jiff ; never let on but what he wrote the letter , never will let on , I bet . Where does the joke come in , Polly , my boy ? '' `` It 's on us , '' I said , `` but nobody will know of it if we hold our tongues . We 'll have to hold them anyhow , for Sylvia 's sake , since she 's been goose enough to go and fall in love with the Old Fellow . She 'd go wild if she ever found out the letter was a hoax . We have made that match , Ruggles . He 'd never have got up enough spunk to tell her he wanted her , and she 'd probably have married Micky out of spite . '' `` Well , you know the Old Fellow is n't a bad sort after all , '' said Ruggles , `` and he 's really awfully gone on her . So it 's all right . Let 's go and find the girls . '' 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 XXXXX money matters and put the screws on .
So about for if in of on out since that