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"Graham has just told me You are splendid, Mr Spencer"

And afterward Clayton was forced to admit an element of sincerity in

her voice She had had a disappointa her than he had ever

been

Even her succeeding words did not quite kill his admiration for her

"And I have told Graham that he oing to enlist"

She had turned her defeat into a triuainst Natalie Clayton knew

then that she would never marry Graham As she went out he followed her

with a faint so up the stairs

Natalie was in her dressing-roo by aShe n that she heard his out with her? Why hurt her? Why not

let things drift along? There was no hope of bettering thes he nore it

"Can I get anything for your head, o to bed I didn't sleep ain

"I ca"