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But if she did not understand her own uely what

he had said to her She got up and went to her writing-table where a

letter lay folded, ready for its envelope She gave it to him without

a word

"Do you mean me to read this?" he asked

"Yes; if you like" She answered without looking at hi her envelope

He opened the letter gingerly, and read in his wife's schoolgirl

handwriting:-"Dear Louis,--It's awfully good of you but I'ht so I return the ticket with ive it to somebody else Nevill has come home--why

of course you saw him--and I aht you'd like to know this I'hted to see

you whenever you like to call--Yours sincerely, "Molly Tyson

"PS--Thanks awfully for the lovely flowers You can smell theently

But Mrs Nevill Tyson was stareat deliberation

and care She handed it to hi the key in her bedrooain twice The ridiculous little phrases

convinced hiroundlessness of his suspicion Punctuation

would have argued preuilt "Nevill has

cootten that

Stanistreet had been there on the evening of his arrival