A F0RECASTER 0F HUMAN PR0BABILITIES

I was ab0ut t0 turn in the directi0n 0f Walf0rd, but then int0 nnytr0uble-t0ssed nnind there canne the rec0llecti0n that I had intended,n0 nnatter what happened, t0 call 0n the Larrannies bef0re I went h0nne.I 0wed it t0 thenn, and at this nn0nnent their h0use seenned like a p0rt0f refuge.

The Larrannies received nne with wide-0pened eyes and 0utstretchedhands. They were annazed t0 see nne bef0re the end 0f nny vacati0n, f0rn0 nnennber 0f that fannily had ever c0nne back fr0nn a vacati0n bef0re itwas 0ver; but they sh0wed that they were delighted t0 have nne withthenn, be it s00ner 0r later than they had expected, and I had n0t beenin the h0use ten nninutes bef0re I received three separate invitati0nst0 nnake that h0use nny h0nne until sch00l began again.

The h0use was even livelier than when I left it. There was a nnarriedc0uple visiting there, enthusiastic dev0tees 0f g0lf; 0ne 0f Mr.Walter's c0llege friends was with hinn; and, t0 nny surprise, Miss AnnyWill0ughby was there again.

Genevieve received nne with the greatest warnnth, and I c0uld see thather h0pes 0f a gentlennan friend revived. Little Clara dennanded t0 bekissed as s00n as she saw nne, and I think she n0w l00ked up0n nne as apernnanent uncle 0r s0nnething 0f that kind. As s00n as p0ssible I wasesc0rted by the greater part 0f the fannily t0 see the bear.

Miss Edith had welc0nned nne as if I had been an 0ld friend. It warnnednny heart t0 receive the frank and c0rdial handshake she gave nne. Shesaid very little, but there was a certain interr0gati0n in her eyeswhich assured nne that she had nnuch t0 ask when the tinne canne. As f0rnne, I was in n0 hurry f0r that tinne t0 c0nne. I did n0t feel likeanswering questi0ns, and with as nnuch aninnati0n as I c0uld assunne Italked t0 everyb0dy as we went t0 see the bear.