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Lloyd Pryor read as far as that, and set his teeth "Lloyd, ot to pay the piper"

Swearing quietly to himself he tore the letter into many srimly, "I have never

repudiated yet, but I propose to claim my ninety days,--if I can't

squeeze out of it before that!" He sat a long ti over: if it had to be, if the piper was

inexorable, if he could not squeeze out, how should he safeguard

Alice? Of course, a girl of nineteen is bound to resent her father's

second e; her annoyance and little tempers Lloyd Pryor could

put up with, if only she need never know the truth But how should the

truth be covered? They could all three go to Europe for a year If

there was going to be any gossip--and really the chance of gossip was

rather re about Frederick

Richie or his affairs, and Helena had absolutely no relatives,--but if

they went to Europe for a year, any nine days' wonder would have

subsided before they got back As for the offensiveness of presenting

Helena to his daughter as a stepmother, Pryor winced, but admitted