CHAPTER 3
PART 28: He Participates in Sundry Confidences
CHAPTER III
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In the moonlighted garden I found Bettie. But with her was Josiah Clarriker, Fairhaven's leading businessman. He shook hands, and whatever delight he may have felt at seeing me was admirably controlled.
"Now don't let me interfere with your eloquence," I urged, "but go right on with the declamation."