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"What are you s that that would make any difference"

"Doesn't it?"

"Not a bit Not a little bit Besides I knew it"

"Who--who told you?"

"The only other person who knew about it, I suppose--Conway"

"He betrayedhe didn't do?"

And it was as it had been before The nuns careat cups of hot black coffee, coently Only this time she couldn't drink

"It's awful of us," she said, "to talk about hi as heas he keeps you fro pause And then, "Billy--he wasn't ood care to tell iven hi on to hi People aren't reallyto Gibson Herbert Worse That was honest This was all lying Lying aboutabout--love"

"Then," he said, "you don't really knohat it is"

"I know John's sort And I know Gibson's sort And I know there's a heavenly sort, Billy, in between But I'm spoiled for it I think I could have cared for you if it hadn't been for John I shan't ever get away from him"

"Yes If you can see it--"

"Of course I see it I can see everything now All that war-ro I see hoful it was When I think hoent out and got thrills Fancy getting thrills out of this horror"

"Oh well--I think you earned your thrill"

"You can't earn anything in this war At least I can't It's paying, paying all the tis than John to pay for There was little Effie"

"Effie?"

"Gibson's wife I didn't want to hurt her Billy, are you sure it makes no difference? What I did"

"I've told you it doesn't You et over his betrayinghe did to ht, and he was afraid of me, because I knew I can't think why he did this"