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She had been afraid for a long time Even before she came to Old

Chester she was a little afraid, but in Old Chester the fear was

intensified by the consciousness of having

Old Chester was so far away It had seeht of it; it was so near Mercer where business very often called

his of people, where she had

lived for several years, had grown intolerable; in Old Chester she and

Lloyd had agreed she would have so much more privacy But how

differently things had turned out! He did not have to come to Mercer

nearly so often as he had expected Those visions of hers--which he

had not discouraged--of weekly or certainly fortnightly visits, had

faded into lengthening periods of three weeks, four weeks--the last

one was o "He can't leave his Alice!" she said

angrily to herself; "I re her" As for privacy, the great city, with its hurrying

indifferent croas e of insistent

friendliness

She leaned back in her chair and pressed her hands over her eyes; then

sat up quickly--she must not cry! Lloyd hated red eyes But oh, she

was afraid!--afraid of what? She had no answer; as yet her fear was