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made excuse to enter the room to find out what it was all about.
With the subletting of Garry's house and the shipping of his
furniture--that which was not sold--to her step-father's house,
Jack's efforts on behalf of his dead friend and his family came to
a close. Ruth helped Corinne pack her personal belongings, and
Jack found a tenant who moved in the following week. Willing hands
are oftenest called upon, and so it happened that the two lovers
bore all the brunt of the domestic upheaval.
Their own packing had long since been completed; not a difficult
matter in a furnished house; easy always to Ruth and her father,
whose nomadic life was marked by constant changes. Indeed, the
various boxes, cases, crates, and barrels containing much of the
linen, china, and glass, to say nothing of the portieres, rugs and
small tables, and the whole of Ruth's bedroom furniture, had
already been loaded aboard a box car and sent on its way to
Morfordsburg, there to await the arrival of the joyous young girl,
whose clear brain and competent hands would bring order out of
chaos, no matter how desolate the interior and the environment.
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