'Twill be some contract. No, you can be mortal sure I shan't
go meddlin' in no such love affair as that. Anyhow, I won't be needed,
for any man that Delight Hathaway would look at twice will be perfectly
capable of meetin' all comers; don't you worry."
With this dubious comfort Willie stamped with spirit out of the shop.
CHAPTER VII
A SECOND SPIRIT APPEARS
Days came and went, days golden and blue, until a week had passed, and
although Robert Morton haunted the post-office, nothing was heard from
the jeweler to whom he had sent the silver buckle. Neither did the
eager young man catch even a fleeting glimpse of its owner. It was, he
told himself, unlikely that she would come to the Spence house again.
When her property was repaired she probably would expect some one
either to let her know, or bring it to her. It was to the latter
alternative that Bob was pinning his hopes. The errand would provide a
perfectly natural excuse for him to go to the Brewster home, and once
there he would meet the girl's family and perhaps be asked to come
again.
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