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Now that she had seen Natalie, she knehy she had not seen her before

She was jealous of her Jealous and contemptuous Suddenly she hated

Natalie She hated her because she was Clayton Spencer's wife, with all

that that implied She hated her because she was unworthy of him She

hated her because she loved Clay, and hated her more because she loved

herself more than she loved him

Audrey sat back in her chair and saw that she had traveled a long way

along a tragic road For the first tihtened She was even trearet from

the stand at Natalie's elbow to steady herself

Natalie chattered on, and Audrey gave her the occasional nod that was

all she needed She thought, "Does he know about her? Is he still fooled? She is al in love with her, probably Does he know that? Will

he care terribly if he finds it out? She looks cold, but one can't tell,

and some men--has she a drop of honest, unselfish passion in her?"

She got up suddenly

"Heavens, how late it is!" she said "I must run on"

"Why not stay on to dinner? Graham is seldom home, and we can talk, if

Clay doesn't"

The te in Audrey But suddenly

she knew that she did not want to see theether, in the intimacy of