Chapter 25 Nearly Everybody Happy

Mrs. Crocker turned to her husband.

　　"Well, Bingley?" she said, a steely tinkle in her voice.

　　"Well, Eugenia?" said Mr. Crocker.

　　A strange light was shining in Mr. Crocker's mild eyes. He hadseen a miracle happen that night. He had seen an even moreformidable woman than his wife dominated by an even meeker manthan himself, and he