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"You never toldto

Abbott

"Just happened that way We went to school together When I was little

they used to make me wear curls and wide collars Many's the ti me up I don't see him

much these days Once in a while he walks in That's all Always seems to

knohere his friends are, but none ever knohere he is"

Abbott proceeded to elaborate some of his friend's exploits Nora heard,

as if froli to be She could see only a little way; still, she was

optimistically confident of the result She was ready Indeed, now that

the shock of thewas past, she found herself not at all averse to

a conflict It would be soo the pent-up wrath of two

years Never would she speak to him directly; never would she permit him

to be alone with her; never would she miss a chance to twist his heart, to

huaenuinely surprised to learn how

eager she was for the gath

"So I have heard," she was di

"Didn't know you knew," said Abbott