登陆注册
4619100000049

第49章 Leavening the Bread of Life(5)

Next to rocking a cradle I don't know of any occupation in this world more distinctly feminine than the planning of comfortable homes for homekeeping people."Eileen changed the subject swiftly. "What was Linda saying to you?" she asked.

"She was showing me a plant, a rare Echeveria of the Cotyledon family, that she tobogganed down one side of Multiflores Canyon and delivered safely on the roadway without its losing an appreciable amount of 'bloom' from its exquisitely painted leaves."Eileen broke in rudely. "Linda has missed Marian. There's not a possible thing to make life uncomfortable for me that she is not doing. You needn't tell me you didn't see and understand her rude forwardness the other night!""No, I didn't see it," said John, "because the fact is I thought the kid was positively charming, and so did Peter and Henry because both of them said so. There's one thing you must take into consideration, Eileen. The time has come when she should have clothes and liberty and opportunity to shape her life according to her inclinations. Let me tell you she will attract attention in georgette and laces.""And where are the georgette and laces to come from?" inquired Eileen sarcastically. "All outgo and no income for four years is leaving the Strong finances in mighty precarious shape, I can tell you.""All right," said Gilman, "I'm financially comfortable now. I'm ready. Say the word. We'll select our location and build our home, and let Linda have what there is of the Strong income till she is settled in life. You have pretty well had all of it for the past four years.""Yes," said Eileen furiously, "I have 'pretty well' had it, in a few little dresses that I have altered myself and very frequently made entirely. I have done the best I could, shifting and skimping, and it's not accomplished anything that I have really wanted. According to men, the gas and the telephone and the electric light and the taxes and food and cook pay for themselves. All a woman ever spends money on is clothes!""Eileen," chuckled John Gilman, "this sounds exactly as if we were married, and we're not, yet.""No," said Eileen, "thank heaven we're not. If it's come to the place where you're siding with everybody else against me, and where you're more interested in what my kid sister has to say to you than you are in me, I don't think we ever shall be."Then, from stress of nerve tension and long practice, some big tears gushed up and threatened to overflow Eileen's lovely eyes.

That never should happen, for tears are salt water and they cut little rivers through even the most carefully and skillfully constructed complexion, while Eileen's was looking its worst that evening. She hastily applied her handkerchief, and John Gilman took her into his arms; so the remainder of the evening it was as if they were not married. But when John returned to the subject of a home and begged Eileen to announce their engagement and let him begin work, she evaded him, and put him off, and had to have time to think, and she was not ready, and there were many excuses, for none of which Gilman could see any sufficient reason. When he left Eileen that night, it was with a heavy heart.

同类推荐
  • 太上元始天尊说消殄虫蝗经

    太上元始天尊说消殄虫蝗经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 朱子家训

    朱子家训

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • A New England Girlhood

    A New England Girlhood

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 御制题絜斋毛诗经筵讲义

    御制题絜斋毛诗经筵讲义

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 送李侍御贬鄱阳

    送李侍御贬鄱阳

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 烘焙师

    烘焙师

    什么是幸福,幸福就是过着自己想要的生活!
  • 游荡在美漫的灰烬

    游荡在美漫的灰烬

    我曾游荡于洛克里斯的高墙,不死人的村落数次的被我屠戮一空。法兰营地的英魂原本应该算我一个。绘画世界中芙莉德修女的镰刀让我至今难忘,无名王者的剑枪数次将我贯穿……或许我本应追逐太阳王葛温的脚步,让火的时代继续沿存下去。但作为灰烬活着实在是太痛苦了。合拢手掌,原初之火在我目光的注视下最终还是化作了一缕烟尘,静静的仰望着天空中的太阳变成了一个平面的黑洞,黑色的液体泊泊流出,最终吞没了整个世界。书友群:612053861看这本书之前,麻烦诸位把黑魂与漫威的主观认知抛弃。然后用本书的世界观去看待本书的故事。
  • 灭秦(全十册)

    灭秦(全十册)

    大秦末年,神州大地群雄并起,在这烽火狼烟的乱世中,随着一个混混少年纪空手的崛起,他的风云传奇,拉开了秦末汉初恢宏壮阔的历史长卷。大秦帝国因他而灭,楚汉争霸因他而起。因为他——霸王项羽死在小小的蚂蚁面前。因为他——汉王刘邦用最心爱的女人来换取生命。因为他——才有了浪漫爱情红颜知己的典故。军事史上的明修栈道,暗度陈仓是他的谋略。四面楚歌动摇军心是他的筹划。十面埋伏这流传千古的经典战役是他最得意的杰作。
  • 弃妇重生:神医嫡女

    弃妇重生:神医嫡女

    她是相府嫡女,身份尊贵,仪态万千,却被义妹陷害,被夫君背弃,不得好死。一朝穿越,重回十年前。她势要那些人血债血偿!他是一国战神,煞气万千,却甘愿为她化成绕指柔。这天下负她,他便要这天下倾覆,将这皇权捧到她的面前。
  • 靖康传信录

    靖康传信录

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 金字塔的叹息:正说古代埃及文明

    金字塔的叹息:正说古代埃及文明

    尼罗河流域的古埃及人创造了伟大的埃及文明,流芳后世!古埃及人最重要的精神生活是宗教。关心死亡,为将世作好物质准备,是埃及宗教信仰的一个主要特征。金字塔是埃及建筑艺术的典型代表,是古代世界七大奇观中唯一现存的古迹。埃及人制作的木乃伊,与他们的金字塔一样,举世闻名。
  • 迷家卜卦图之逆天改命

    迷家卜卦图之逆天改命

    从我懂事起,父母就告诉我是七月五日凌晨两点出生的,生下来就笑,止都止不住。
  • 《论语》与近代日本

    《论语》与近代日本

    作为一部传统文化典籍,《论语》不仅在中国文化史上占有重要位置,就东亚特别是日本文化发展而言,《论语》也是一部不能被遗忘的文献。近代日本的《论语》研究,折射出日本民族自身近代化进程中所遭遇的挑战、做出的抉择。本书从梳理截至近代以前《论语》在日本的流布概况入手,进而选取近代日本中国学界在哲学、历史、文学等人文学科领域的若干研究成果以及近代日本文学创作领域的相关作品,就其源于各自不同的立场、视角、学养以及情感体认而完成的《论语》阐释,尝试做出相对客观的清理与解读。书后并附“近代日本《论语》研究著作目录”,以期为读者的深入阅读与研究,提供有益的帮助。
  • 一用就灵的厨房小窍门

    一用就灵的厨房小窍门

    现代人追求优质生活,却不想被层出不穷的琐事束缚手脚。厨房便是疑难杂症的滋生地,常常让人不知所措。《美食天下(第1辑):一用就灵的厨房小窍门》便是它们的克星,所有您遇到的、已经遇到的或者即将遇到的问题都一一囊括,我们用一个个小小的点子还您一个大大的整洁厨房。最贴心的彩图分步详解,最细致的条目分支讲述,问题的解决方法就在翻阅间轻松领悟,焦头烂额的生活只属于过去。《美食天下(第1辑):一用就灵的厨房小窍门》讲述了柴米油盐酱醋茶,是我们生活的保障,也是烦琐所在。煎炒烹炸、选购保存、原料处理,每个环节都需要用心学习。
  • 大圈

    大圈

    中国没有真正意义上的黑社会,但是中国人在这个世界上的地下秩序中却并非毫无发言权,相反中国人一直在国际黑帮中扮演着重要的角色,他们丝毫不比这个世界上任何一个有实力的犯罪组织逊色,他们是北美唐人街的地下王者,他们称呼自己为——大圈。