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Graha-rooh the closed door they could hear Natalie's sleepy and rather

fretful orders to her aret

"I guess it has coreat wave of tenderness for the boy flooded over hi, only ready to live, that

was to be cast into the crucible of war, to come out--God alone knew

how And not his boy only, but millions of other boys Yet--better to

break the body than ruin the soul

"How is h the door She was insisting that the house

be kept quiet the next ht

the boy's eyes on him, and a half smile on his face

"Does she know?"

"Yes"

"She isn't taking it very hard, is she?" Then his voice changed "I

wish you'd talk to her, father She's--well, she's got o in without her consent"

"When did you do that?"

"The night we broke with Ger, and I didn't knohat else to do And"--there was a ring of