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She quivered But he went on quietly: "I know you're lonely, Helena,

and as I can't come and see you quite so often as I used to, I want

you to take this little fellow, simply to amuse you"

She walked beside him silently When they reached the bench under the

poplar, she sat looking into the April distance without speaking She

was saying to herself, miserably, that she didn't want the child; she

didn't want to lessen any sense of obligation that brought him to

her;--and yet, she did not want hireat fun out of hi up, she saw the kindness of his face and yielded "Well,

perhaps I will; that is, if Dr Lavendar will let me have him I'm

afraid of Dr Lavendar soht offLloyd Pryor yawned; then he asked

her whether she meant to buy the house

"I don't know; sometimes I think there is less seclusion in the

country than there is in town" She dren a twig, and began to

pull at the buds with aiht like to come to

Philadelphia and live near you, you know," she said The sudden malice