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penwipers, and his wife-For suddenly his tongue had stopped He had caught sight of an enormous

bunch of hothouse flowers in a vase on the floor by the writing-table

Stanistreet's card was in the midst of the bunch, and a note fro-table

There was an oh; only

an offer of flowers and a ticket for the "Lyceum" Stanistreet's mind

must have been seriously off its balance, otherwise he would never have

done this clu

Tyson strode to his wife's chair and tossed the letter into her lap

"How long has Stanistreet been paying you these little attentions?"

She looked up s I am not sure that she did not think this new tone

of Tyson's was part of the gaether She had never

taken him seriously

"Ever since he found out that I liked thes you like are rather expensive

luxuries, soet them"