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It was not a selfish fear It was for her work that she trembled

For the first tiood

will And now and then she felt that it would be good to see Harvey

again, and be safe from all worry, and not have to depend on a man who

loved her as Henri did For that she never doubted Inexperienced as

she was in such matters, she knew that the boy loved her Just hoildly she did not know until later, too late to undo what thehappened It had been raining, and when in

the late afternoon the sun caleamed in the puddles that filled

the shell holes in the road and set to a red blaze the s of the

house of theoverhead, came a half dozen friendly planes Next, the

eyes of the enei down the street for all the world as

though the Ger beer in Munich They passed

Rene, standing open-ian boy,

out of sheer joy of spring, did the goose step as he passed the little

sentry and, head screwed round in the German salute, crossed his eyes

over his impudent nose