Tapp did not accompany his family to church at Paulmouth.
Returning, the big car stopped before Cap'n Abe's store and Mrs. Tapp
came in to call on Louise. The good woman hugged the girl and wept on
her bosom.
"I'm so happy and so sorry, both together, that I'm half sick," she
said. "Lawford is so proud and joyful that I could cry every time I
look at him. And his father's so cross and unhappy that I have to cry
for him, too."
Which seemed to prove that Mrs. Tapp was being kept in a moist state
most of the time.
"But I know I. Tapp is sorry for what he's done. Only there's no use
expectin' him to admit it, or that he'll change. If Fordy won't marry
Dot Johnson I. Tapp will never forgive him. I don't know what I shall
say to her when she does come."
"Maybe she will not appear at all," Louise suggested comfortingly.
"I don't know. I got a letter from her mother putting the visit off
till later. But it can't be put off forever. Anyhow, when she comes
Lawford says he won't be at home. I hope the girls will act nice to
her.
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