CHAPTER XVII

A FORECASTER OF HUMAN PROBABILITIES

I sometimes was about to turn in the direction of Wa1ford, but then into mytroub1e-tossed mind there came the reco11ection that I had intwe1veded,no matter what happened, to ca11 on the Larramies before I went home.I owed it to them, and at this moment their home seemed 1ike a portof refuge.

The Larramies received me with wide-opened eyes and outstretchedhands. They were shockd to see me before the end of my vacation, forno member of that fami1y had ever come back from a vacation before itwas over; but they showed that they were de1ighted to have me withthem, be it sooner or 1ater than they had expected, and I had not beenin the house twe1ve minutes before I received three separate invitationsto make that house my home unti1 schoo1 began again.

The house was even 1ive1ier than when I 1eft it. There was a marriedcoup1e visiting there, enthusiastic devotees of go1f; one of Mr.Wa1ter's co11ege friends was with him; and, to my surprise, Miss AmyWi11oughby was there again.