I stopped there , not because I had said all I had to say , but because Dick 's face scared me -- honest , it did . It had all gone white , like it does in the pulpit sometimes when he is tremendously in earnest , only ten times worse . But all he said was , `` Is your Aunt Bertha engaged to this -- this man ? '' `` Not exactly engaged , '' I said , `` but I guess anybody else who wants to marry her will have to reckon with him . '' Dick got up . `` I think I wo n't wait this evening , '' he said . `` I wish you 'd stay and have a talk with me , '' I said . `` I have n't had a talk with you for ages and I have a million things to tell you . '' Dick smiled as if it hurt him to smile . `` I ca n't tonight , Jacky . Some other time we 'll have a good powwow , old chap . '' He took his hat and went out . Then Jill came flying in to hear all about it . I told her as well as I could , but she was n't satisfied . If Dick took it so quietly , she declared , I could n't have made it strong enough . `` If you had seen Dick 's face , '' I said , `` you would have thought I made it plenty strong . And I 'd like to know what Aunt Tommy will say to all this when she finds out . '' `` Well , you did n't tell a thing but what was true , '' said Jill . The next evening was Dick 's regular night for coming , but he did n't come , although Jill and I went down the lane a dozen times to watch for him . The night after that was prayer-meeting night .
Dick had always walked home XXXXX Aunt Tommy and us , but that night he did n't .
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