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Viola, looking up fro, was startled by the sadness of her lance upon Morton, in the wish to discover the cause of her trouble That the interview had been very grave and personal was evident, and with a sense of having been the subject of discussion, she rose to meet them

Kate did not per and time limited "Go fetch Mr Lao out at once"

Morton was glad of the interruption, for he was eager to have his understanding with Viola before theany adverse influence to bear upon her As they went out into the dining-room, side by side, he found her nearness sweeter andthan ever before; and with a realization of having in a very vital way staked his i his persistent, deep-hid doubt in jocose reether they caused even the mother's face to relax its troubled lines, while Viola, yielding to a sense of freedo to Morton's unspoken suggestion, thinking only of hiht world in which he dwelt (and in which he seeure), and in this confidence and coily explained to be Morton's "particular stunt" He had fully asseredients, and was about to approach the actual, delicate blending when the maid appeared at his elbow to say that he anted at the telephone

"Well, tell them to wait," he replied, testily "This is a very precise moment"

"I told them you were at dinner, sir, but they said it was iarlic' won't settle into a steady breeze Be patient a moht be, he took a seat at his desk and put the receiver to his ear

"Hello Who is it?"

A hurried, eager, almost breathless boyish voice responded "Is this Dr Serviss?"

"It is"

"Can you tell me where Miss Viola Lambert and her mother are?"

"I cannot" By which he meant he was not empowered to do so

"I was told they left Pratt's house with you soh?"

"No I was so sure--"

"Try either the Courtleigh or the Colorado," replied Morton, in the tone of authority