I 've seen the love of man and woman bridge some wider gulfs though . But it ca n't with Lynde , I 'm fearing . She 's so bitter at the mere speaking of love and marriage . I ca n't think why . I 'm sure her mother and Anthony were happy together , and that was all she 's ever seen of marriage . But I thought when she told me of meeting this young man on the shore there was something in her look I 'd never noticed before -- as if she 'd found something in herself she 'd never known was there . But she 'll never make friends with him and I ca n't . If the Captain was n't so queer -- '' She stopped abruptly , for a tall lithe figure was coming up from the shore . Lynde waved her hand as she drew near . `` Oh , Emily , I 've had such a splendid sail . It was glorious . Bad Emily , you 've been carrying water . Did n't I tell you never to do that when I was away ? '' `` I did n't have to do it . That young minister up at Rexton met me and brought it up . He 's nice , Lynde . '' Lynde 's brow darkened . She turned and walked away to the house without a word . On his way home that night Alan met Isabel King on the main shore road . She carried an armful of pine boughs and said she wanted the needles for a cushion .
Yet the thought came into Alan 's mind that she was spying XXXXX him and , although he tried to dismiss it as unworthy , it continued to lurk there .
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