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The stolen interview of the earlywas the consolation of the

day Gertrude confided a resolve to Glover She had thought it all

out and hewould ever ever

come of a situation in which the two never e the interview Her father had already declined to

meet Glover at all Moreover, Mr Brock had a fund of silence that

approximated absolute zero, and Gertrude dreaded the result if Glover,

in presenting his case, should stop at any point and succued tobut the crisis that confronted the of

the lineGertrudeappeal to her aunt to intercede for

her, and another to Marie, who, softening so the situation calmly with Glover; but

over the proposed interview Marie shook her head She had great

influence with her father, but candidly owned she should dread facing

him on a matter he had definitely declined to discuss

They parted at night without light on their difficulties In the

Glover made several ineffectual efforts to see Gertrude early

He had an idea that they had forgotten the one who could advise and

help them better than any other--his friend and patron, Bucks