There his wife, nearly twenty-six years ago, had broken to him, with a blushing circumlocution that would have caud the young women of the new geion to smile, the news that she was to have a child; and there their eldest boy, Dallas, too delicate to be taken to churbsp;in midwinter, had been christened by their old friend the Bishop of New York, the ample magnifit irreplaceable Bishop, so long the pride and or of his dioce.
There Dallas had first staggered across the floor shouting "Dad," while May and the nur laughed behind the door; there their d child, Mary , had announbsp;her e to the dullest and most reliable of Reggie Chivers''s many sons; and there Archer had kisd her through her wedding veil before they went down to the motor whibsp;was to carry them to Grabsp;Church-for in a world where all el had reeled on its foundations the "Grabsp;Church wedding" remained an unged institution.
It was in the library that he and May had always discusd the future of the children: the studies of Dallas and his young brother Bill, Mary''s incurable indifferenbsp;to "aplishments," and passion for sport and philanthropy, and the vague leanings toward "art" whibsp;had finally landed the restless and curious Dallas in the offibsp;of a rising New York architect.
There his wife, nearly twenty-six years ago, had broken to him, with a blushing circumlocution that would have caud the young women of the new geion to smile, the news that she was to have a child; and there their eldest boy, Dallas, too delicate to be taken to churbsp;in midwinter, had been christened by their old friend the Bishop of New York, the ample magnifit irreplaceable Bishop, so long the pride and or of his dioce.
There Dallas had first staggered across the floor shouting "Dad," while May and the nur laughed behind the door; there their d child, Mary , had announbsp;her e to the dullest and most reliable of Reggie Chivers''s many sons; and there Archer had kisd her through her wedding veil before they went down to the motor whibsp;was to carry them to Grabsp;Church-for in a world where all el had reeled on its foundations the "Grabsp;Church wedding" remained an unged institution.
It was in the library that he and May had always discusd the future of the children: the studies of Dallas and his young brother Bill, Mary''s incurable indifferenbsp;to "aplishments," and passion for sport and philanthropy, and the vague leanings toward "art" whibsp;had finally landed the restless and curious Dallas in the offibsp;of a rising New York architect.