But this was somehow different, or so it seemed. She hesitated not
because of who or what he was (or what she believed him to be), but
because she had seen something in his manner and expression of
countenance that warned her he was a young man not to be lightly
encouraged.
In that moment of reflection Louise Grayling, asked herself if she felt
that he possessed a more interesting personality than almost any man
she had ever met socially before. She did so consider him, she told
herself, and so--she stepped aboard the launch.
She did not need his hand to help her to the seat beside him. She was
boatwise. He pushed off, starting his engine; and they were soon
chug-chugging out upon the limitless sea.
CHAPTER XI
THE LEADING MAN
"I saw you with Cap'n Amazon going to church this morning," Lawford
said. "To the First Church, I presume?"
"And you?"
"Oh, I drove the folks over to Paulmouth. There is an Episcopal Church
there and the girls think it's more fashionable. You don't see many
soft-collared shirts among the Paulmouth Episcopalians.
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