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Only one an ever stood out clearly and distinctly with Kate That was

the e Holt She saw

Nancy Ellen and Robert at the gate so she went out to speak with

the, she held the lines and the whip in

her hands Kate in dull apathy wondered why they seeitated Both of the in the h, shrill voice that made Kate start in wonder She did not

take the trouble to evade by asking "what thing?" she merely made

assent with her head

"You are married to that -- that --" Nancy Ellen choked until she

could not say what

"It's TIME to stop, since I aravely

"You rushed in andRobert time to find

out and tell you what everybody knows about him?" demanded Nancy

Ellen

"I married him for what I knew about him myself," said Kate "We

shall do very well"

"Do well!" cried Nancy "Do well! You'll be hungry and in rags

the rest of your life!"

"Don't, Nancy Ellen, don't!" plead Robert "This is Kate's

affair, wait until you hear what she has to say before you go

further"

"I don't care what she has to say!" cried Nancy Ellen "I'race to the whole Bates

fa,

drunken loafer a us, and there won't be so far as I'azed at her in wonder

"You really married this lout?" she demanded