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"Well," he said, "the next thing is to get you away froe the drao at once"

"Well; you had better go to New York;--ill you do with your

youngster?" he interrupted himself "Leave hister?" she repeated "Do you mean David?"

Mr Pryor nodded absently, he was not interested in David

"Why," Helena said breathlessly, "you didn't suppose I was going to

leave David?"

At which, in spite of his preoccupation, Pryor laughed outright "My

dear Helena, even you can hardly be so foolish as to suppose that you

could take David with you?"

She sat looking at him, blankly, "Not take David! Why, you surely

didn't think that I would give up David?"

"My dear," said Lloyd Pryor, "you will either give hiive me up"

"And you don't care which!" she burst out passionately

He gave her a deadly look "I do care which"

And at that she blenched but clung doggedly to his promise "You must

marry me!"

"There is no must about it I will I have told you so But I did