All looked for an easy word next week; easy it must be this
time, or the game would begin to lose its zest. When the new number
went forth in its myriads of copies, and was snatched from street
vendors, stalls, shops, general expectation seemed to be justified.
"As nations grow civilized they give more and more attention to--"
Every man, every woman, had a word ready. Mr. Greenacre said
nothing, but hastily wrote down _genealogy_. Gammon, before
consulting with Polly Sparkes, sent off his postage stamps and
_commerce_. Mr. and Mrs. Parish declared in one shout that the word
could only be _hyjene_.
"Nonsense!" said Christopher, who was in the room. "That's just
because you're always thinking of it."
For all that, as he went to business the word hummed in his head. It
might be the solution after all; his objection originated only in
scorn of a word so familiar, and therefore, he had thought at first,
so improbable. But, really, the more he thought of it--
In his pocket he carried an envelope, already addressed, and a blank
sheet of paper enfolding stamps.
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