XXIV
DAVE LAW COMES HOME
A few days after she had written to Judge Ellsworth Alaire
followed her letter in person, for, having at last decided to
divorce Ed, she acted with characteristic decision. Since
Ellsworth had more than once advised this very course, she went to
Brownsville anticipating his willing support. She was greatly
amazed, therefore, to find that he had completely changed his
views and to hear him argue strongly against her determination.
Hurt and puzzled at first by this strange lack of sympathy, Alaire
soon began to grow angry, and when the judge persisted in his
arguments she quarreled with him for the first time in their
acquaintance. But it was not until she had threatened to secure
another attorney that he reluctantly gave in, even then making it
plain that in meeting her wishes he was acting against his best
judgment.
Now Alaire had desired Ellsworth's advice, also, as to her own
immediate plans, since it was of course impossible for her longer
to share Ed's roof. She had written Dave Law, telling him that she
intended to go to La Feria, there to remain pending the hearing of
her suit; but later she had come to doubt the wisdom of such a
course, inasmuch as the war talk grew louder with every day.
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