The next morning Ludovic drove to Carmody and engaged Joshua Pye to come and paint his house , and that evening , although he was not due till Saturday night , he went down to see Theodora . Arnold Sherman was there before him , and was actually sitting in Ludovic 's own prescriptive chair . Ludovic had to deposit himself in Theodora 's new wicker rocker , where he looked and felt lamentably out of place . If Theodora felt the situation to be awkward , she carried it off superbly . She had never looked handsomer , and Ludovic perceived that she wore her second best silk dress . He wondered miserably if she had donned it in expectation of his rival 's call . She had never put on silk dresses for him . Ludovic had always been the meekest and mildest of mortals , but he felt quite murderous as he sat mutely there and listened to Arnold Sherman 's polished conversation . `` You should just have been here to see him glowering , '' Theodora told the delighted Anne the next day . `` It may be wicked of me , but I felt real glad . I was afraid he might stay away and sulk . So long as he comes here and sulks I do n't worry . But he is feeling badly enough , poor soul , and I 'm really eaten up by remorse . He tried to outstay Mr. Sherman last night , but he did n't manage it . You never saw a more depressed-looking creature than he was as he hurried down the lane . Yes , he actually hurried . '' The following Sunday evening Arnold Sherman walked to church with Theodora , and sat with her . When they came in Ludovic Speed suddenly stood up in his pew under the gallery . He sat down again at once , but everybody in view had seen him , and that night folks in all the length and breadth of Grafton River discussed the dramatic occurrence with keen enjoyment . `` Yes , he jumped right up as if he was pulled on his feet , while the minister was reading the chapter , '' said his cousin , Lorella Speed , who had been in church , to her sister , who had not .
`` His face was as white XXXXX a sheet , and his eyes were just glaring out of his head .
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