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Lloyd Pryor swore under his breath

The front door was open to the hot June afternoon, and unannounced the

doctor walked into the hall As he took off his hat, he glanced into

the parlor, and for a second of consternation stood staring with angry

eyes Then he nodded stiffly "I will be obliged if you will let Mrs

Richie know I am here"

"She is with that boy," said Lloyd Pryor He made no motion of

civility; he stood where Helena had left hiood as to tell her to coe is due, and I , red and stolid, nodded again, and went up-stairs without

another look into the parlor

While he waited Lloyd Pryor's anger slowly rose The presence of the

doctor froze the tenderness that, for an idle moment, her face and

voice and touch had awakened The annoyance, the eust of reer excuses, the touch of his rage seared her

like a flame

"If you will kindly take fivebrat--"