King was hurrying down the street so that she could keep the couple ahead within sight.
“That girl’s headed straight for trouble—carrying on like that!” Mrs. King affirmed. “Hurry up, can’t you? I want to see where they’re going now !”
“Ain’t I hurryin’ as fast’s I can?” Mrs. Plummer grumbled. “And ain’t I as anxious as you to follow ’em? Oh! They’ve gone in her house,” she complained, a note that closely approximated disappointment in her tone. The chagrin was deepened a minute later when she saw Carl leave and turn down the street towards his own home. …
It was Hilda who first told Mimi of the talk that was being spread about her and Carl. Mrs. Daquin had heard it, too, and had spoken to Jean about it, demanding that he forbid Mimi from seeing Carl again. This Jean had hesitated about doing. He trusted Mimi implicitly and he was fond of Carl. He had liked him ever since the day on which Mr. Hunter had confided in Jean his disappointment at Carl’s failure to show a keener interest in the insurance business.