The enthusiastic reception accorded
him, when he got off the train, was almost too much for the
little boy. He gazed at the pair in embarrassment. He was for
the moment disconcerted and overcome; in place of the expected
scoldings and punishment, he was received with caresses and
flattering consideration. He could not understand it at all.
The Major put a hand on the little boy's shoulder and smiled a
kindly smile into his big, grey, astonished eyes as the happy
lover delightedly whispered, "Your aunt Minerva is going to
marry me to-morrow, Billy."
"Pants an' all?" asked William Green Hill.
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