But the garments' original cost must have been
prohibitive for a young man in his supposed position. Very likely,
however, they had been given him, second-hand, by some member of the
family for which he worked.
The more she saw of him, and the more she thought about it, the greater
was Louise's disappointment in Lawford Tapp. She was not exactly sorry
she had come out with him in the motor boat; but her feeling toward him
was distinctly different when she landed, from that which had been
roused in her first acquaintance.
It was true he was not an idle young man--not exactly. But he betrayed
an ability and a training that should already have raised him above his
present situation in the social scale, as Louise understood it. She
was disappointed, and although she bade Lawford Tapp good-bye
pleasantly she was secretly unhappy.
The next morning she chanced to need several little things that were
not to be found in Cap'n Abe's store and she went uptown in quest of
them. At midday she was still thus engaged, so she went to the Inn for
lunch.
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