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"Don’t forget I need those papers to room

The man halted and turned "The Hudson Study?"

"That’s the one"

When Karigan saw the nize hi next to the professor in that lecture hall the night of her arrival His voice also ht off the assailants in the alley and brought her to the professor’s house

She ignored Lorine’s pulling on her aran asked in a whisper

Whether the lance up the stairs, she did not know, but he did, and he stared hard at her, his face unreadable, brows drawn together He was in his coat, but beneath his scrutiny she felt naked, as if he could see past her nightgown, through her skin, and right into her being

Then it was all over He turned curtly on his heel "I’ll have the Hudson Study for you first thing, Professor"

"Good man!"

And he swept out the front door

"Who was he?" Karigan asked Lorine again

"One of the professor’s students It’s not proper for you to be seen like this" She fussed and pulled till Karigan followed her down the hallway

Karigan assumed "not proper" meant the professor’s mad niece should not be seen by anyone fro nothing but a nightgown "Does he have a naan persisted

"A name?" Lorine’s nervous disposition made her seem just about to quiver apart

"Yes, a name"

"Mr Cade Harlowe" Lorine spoke breathlessly, and when Karigan espied the pink in her cheeks, she thought she knehy

"Does he come here often?"

Lorine nodded "He assists the professor To help pay his tuition, as I understand it"