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Natalie raised tragic eyes to hers

"He's probably going into the arht of it, but

Clayton shows in every possible way that he thinks he ought to go What

is the boy to do? His father driving him to what may be his death!"

"I don't think he'd do that, Natalie"

Natalie laughed, her little h

"Much you knohat his father would do! I'll tell you this, Audrey

If Grahaive Clay

Never"

Audrey had not suspected such depths of feeling as Natalie's eyes

showed under their penciled brows They were desperate, vindictive eyes

Suddenly Natalie was pleading with her

"You'll talk to Clay, won't you? He'll listen to you He has a lot of

respect for your opinion I want you to go to hiht you

here to ask you I'm almost out of my ot to forget, that's all And I've tried

everything I know, and failed He'll go, and I'll lose him, and if I do

it will kill oes he won't co about him every moment" She

threw out her hands in as as unrestrained a gesture as she ever