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“Mr Corbett! Mr Corbett!”

It was Maybelle, hollering from the foot of the stairs I quickly wrote,

Your loving and faithful husband,

Ben

“Mr Corbett!”

I put down the pen and walked out to the landing

“What is it, Maybelle?” I called

“Mrs Nottingha on you, Mr Corbett Hurry”

Chapter 46

THERE ELIZABETH WAS, standing on Maybelle’s raparound porch She had put on another bonnet and see

She reached out for ize, Ben”

I took her hand “What do you ize for what?”

I said this for the benefit of Maybelle, who not to be observed

“Let’s go look at Miss Maybelle’s rose garden,” I proposed “It’s in full bloom this time of year”

Ito Elizabeth She nodded and followed me around the porch toward the backyard