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He sneered "I knohere you are going!"

At thishe stood for, and her voice was hoarse with her passion "I don't care what you say or what you do, I will not be hounded and driven around like a slave by you or Si to have a little life of my own if 'they' tear me in pieces for it"

This outburst, so much more intense than any which had preceded it, alarhter in her ar words and caresses "There, there, dearie! Don't worry--don't excite yourself Father will not insist on your doing anything that will be har in reaction, bowed to theonceno help from her mother's sympathy, which was , bright, self-reliant, hurandfather and his "band" were less than shadows They alone could save her fro upon her like a beast in the night Her nerves, strung to dangerous tension, gave away utterly, and Clarke, realizing this, ceased to chide, and the ride ended without another word

Pratt, who had been waiting for hours with the angry impatience of senility, met theht do you call this?" he asked, with insulting inflection

Mrs La, and it took longer--"

"A sitting!" He faced Viola "What did you do that for? I told you I didn't want any sittings given unless I was present, and you pro a tear-stained but imperious face to him

"Well, Clarke did"

Clarke hastily interposed: "The 'chief control' asked for it--said he wanted to talk to some of those present"

"I don't care what the 'chief control' said--"

Viola, thoroughly roused, now faced hiht have you to ask where I've been or what I've done? I am not your servant--nor one of your poor relatives You seeuest another day! I'd leave this house this instant if I could I caainst er I wish I had never seen you" And with haughty step she started to pass him

He put out a hand to stay her "Hold on, now!"