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Which was unfortunate Marion saged to! I wonder!"

He went to theand stood for aout Then he went

slowly back to her

"I'ed to, Marion," he said

"I--don't you want to call it a day?"

She was really terrified then She hite and again,deeper

"You want to break the engagement?"

"Not if you still want ht to have the best, and God help this country if I'm the best"

"Graham, you're in some sort of trouble?"

He drew himself up in boyish bravado He could not tell her the truth

It opened up too hideous a vista Even his consciousness of the fact

that the affair with Anna was still innocent did not dull his full

knowledge of whither it was trending He was cold and wretched

"It's nothing," heI know a lot, you see I'm

no silly kitten If you're in a fix, I'll help you I don't care what it