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"I should like to help you," she said, truthfully

"In ay?"

It was useless, but she continued: "She does not know that you went to

Flora Desiht"

"And yet she sent you to watch s happened afterward that she evidently forgot"

"That is possible"

"I was asleep when the pistol went off Oh, you must believe that it was

purely accidental! She was in a terrible state untilWhat if she

had killed you, what if she had killed you! She seemed to hark upon that

phrase"

Courtlandt turned a sober face toward her Shethe first gauise "It would have been e if the bullet had found its mark"

He met her eyes squarely, and she saw that his were totally free froitation or interest

"Do you play chess?" she asked, divertingly

"Chess? I ae," dryly "I suppose you look upon ood will toward you; and Nora would

be very angry if she knew that I was discussing her affairs with you But

I love her and want to make her happy"

"That see men, at any rate"

Jealousy? But the s?"

"It depends"

"Upon Nora?" persistently