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"Shall I see you next week--next Saturday?" he said, as

they returned to the town She did not answer

"Come to the Empire withwith aether with a married rin

"How's that?" he asked

But she would not enlighten hi-place next Saturday evening

So he left her He did not know her naht a train

and went home

It was the last train, he was very late He was not hoht But he was quite indifferent He had no real relation

with his ho

up for him She saw the queer, absolved look on his face, a sort

of latent, alood" ties

"Where have you been?" she asked, puzzled, interested

"To the Empire"

"Who with?"

"By myself I came home with Tom Cooper"

She looked at hi She

was indifferent as to whether he lied or not

"You have coe," she said And there was an

appreciative inflexion in the speech

He was not affected As for his huood self, he was

absolved from it He sat down and ate heartily He was not