mouth to mask her gaping astonishment, turning to her niece.
"He's seven foot tall and nine inches wide!" she marveled. "I never saw such a scissors-legged man in my life!"
"What made him come, what in the world made him come!" Edith lamented.
"Well, heaven above!" said Mrs. Duke. "After all your writin'! Come on and meet him and take care of him—don't expect to pa'm him off on me."
