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"Lloyd, he was in pain I had to go to him The instant the doctor

came, I left him I--"

"Listen to me, please I have only a , saw fit to pry into my affairs He came to

Philadelphia to look me up--" "What!"

"He ca

eyelashes--"to my house! Do you understand what that asp; and looking up at hi suspicious jackass of a country doctor!

He came at exactly six o'clock it was perfectly evident that he ive me the pleasure of his co to her feet, her impetuous hands upon his arm

"Then he was not--suspicious! Don't you see? He was only friendly!"

She trembled with the reaction of that instant of dismay "He was not

suspicious, or he wouldn't have been--been willing--" Her voice

trailed into shamed silence

Lloyd Pryor pushed her hand away, impatiently "I'm not anxious for

his friendship or even his acquaintance You will please consider what

would have happened if I had not co: "My daughter saw him"