V
She left Hugh with Aunt Bessie.
But for Kennicott she would have taken him. She hoped
that in some miraculous way yet unrevealed she might find
it possible to remain in California. She did not want to see
Gopher Prairie again.
The Smails were to occupy the Kennicott house, and quite
the hardest thing to endure in the month of waiting was the
series of conferences between Kennicott and Uncle Whittier
in regard to heating the garage and having the furnace flues
cleaned.
Did Carol, Kennicott inquired, wish to stop in Minneapolis
to buy new clothes?
"No! I want to get as far away as I can as soon as I can.
Let's wait till Los Angeles."
"Sure, sure! Just as you like. Cheer up! We're going
to have a large wide time, and everything 'll be different when
we come back."
