"There'll be no one there but Mr. Rae. We'll just have a smoke and a
chat."
But in this expectation Dunn was reckoning without his young brother,
Rob, who, ever since a certain momentous evening, had entered into
a covenant of comradeship with the young lady who had figured so
prominently in the deliverance of his beloved Cameron from pending evil,
and who during the summer had allowed no week to pass without spending
at least a part of a day with her. On this particular evening, having
obtained leave from his mother, the young gentle man had succeeded in
persuading his friend to accept an invitation to dinner, assuring her
that no one would be there except Jack, who was to arrive home the day
before.
The conclave of Cameron's friends found themselves, therefore,
unexpectedly reinforced by the presence of Miss Brodie, to the unmingled
joy of all of them, although in Martin's case his joy was tinged with a
certain fear, for he stood in awe of the young lady, both because of her
reputation for cleverness, and because of the grand air which, when it
pleased her, she could assume. Martin, too, stood in wholesome awe
of Doctor Dunn, whose quiet dignity and old-time courtesy exercised a
chastening influence upon the young man's somewhat picturesque style of
language and exuberance of metaphor.
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