I suppose when
I get back to a crowded city, the roar of it will be absolutely
bewildering; indeed, I am looking forward with a good deal of interest
to seeing something of the world again at Kilfearn--which can't be a
very big place either."
"Oh, are you going to the opening of the Kilfearn Town Hall?" she asked.
"Yes," said he, with a little surprise, "I thought everybody was going.
Aren't you? I understood the whole world--of Ross-shire--was to be
there, and that I was to make a sudden plunge into a perfect whirlpool
of human life."
"It will amuse you," she said, with a quiet smile. "You will see all the
county families there, staring at one another's guests; and you will
hear a lot of songs, like 'My Pretty Jane' and 'Ever of Thee,' sung by
bashful young ladies. At the opening of the proceedings my brother Hugh
will make a speech; he is their chairman, and I know precisely what he
will say. Hugh always speaks to the point. It will be something like
this: 'Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to see you here to-night. We
still want L180. We mean to give two more concerts to clear the debt
right off. You must all come and bring your friends.
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