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"Darling," Laura said walking to her "You have come to see me at last"

"I have co back there"

"Then don't I would very much like it, if you would co We'll have plenty of time to talk if you do, and I have a lot to tell you"

"Could I? Truly?"

"Please do? I have grown so very lonely there all alone" She got in, slid over and then waited until her mother sat beside her "I have a lot to tell you, but first, how are you really?"

"It was a bit of a torer have the reasons to drink I once did Have you heard?"

"What?"

"Austin called to tell me about Mathew's arrest"

"I read it in the papers Does it upset you?"

"Not at all If they convict him, he can't contest the divorce, or at least that is what Austin says"

"Well, I say we forget about Mathew"