The first day of May Mr. Schwarmer came and brought a carload of workmen. There had been a very large number from the beginning. The Library building was completed and the building on the hill had been going on very rapidly, particularly through the months of March and April, but the pace was nothing to what it was after Mr. Schwarmer's advent. The large lot on which the main building stood was enclosed by a high wall with gates, elevated seats and awning posts. The building itself was decorated, winged, painted, balconied and improved in wonderful ways. Band stands and observation towers arose as if by magic. Mr. Schwarmer was a man who liked to rush things, and he was here and there and everywhere, pushing the work. When questioned as to its uses he laughed and said: "That is a query even to myself. Come to think of it, I guess I'll name it 'The Query.' It would be a good name for it and might be spelled with one e or two. A very good one truly. A capital one, since its gates are to be open to all the queer and popular things--that is the most popular, amusing, instructive and queer; and as there is always a question as to which is the most truly popular _et cetera_. The people of Killsbury and the county can hold their fairs here if they wish, and bring their showiest bed quilts and biggest pumpkins or things of that kind, most assuredly they can." A week after Mr. Schwarmer's arrival Mrs. Schwarmer and Adelaide came, bringing with them the Librarian and the books. The work of putting the Library in order was to be rushed also, for it was to be formally opened and handed over to the town on the Fourth of July, with appropriate ceremonies. On the day of their arrival Dombey did not make his appearance at dinner--a function which he was in the habit of observing as punctually as the other members of the family. "Where in the world is Dombey!" exclaimed Ruth. "You don't suppose he has gone to the train to meet Adelaide Schwarmer again? Mrs. Langley told me she was expected today." "Very likely," laughed Ralph. "Dogs get habits as well as the rest of us. See, there he comes, running like Jehu! He hasn't captured her this time; but he acts as though chain lightning had struck him. Something is up you may be sure." And so there was. Dombey came rushing up to Ruth with a note tied to his collar. It was from Adelaide Schwarmer, inviting her to meet them at the Library the next morning. They (she and her mother) wanted to consult her about some of the arrangements. "Father," she said, "was very busy and had given it all into their hands to manage." "It's well he has," said Ralph angrily. "You wouldn't have my consent to go, if he were going to be there." "Oh I don't think he is really a bad man, Ralph. Only blind with regard to the characters of those about him, just as he is custom-blind in regard to other things. Anyway I forgive him for his daughter's sake." "Better wait until you see what performances he introduces on Schwarmer Hill."