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"Yes," I said "When Father died, the Judge told h to admit me to the New York bar--he'd have a place for me It was because the three years were nearly up, you know, that I dared last June to ask you--"

"You'd dare anything," she interrupted hastily "Reue down the church aisle one Sunday night after service, and slammed the door from the outside? 'Miss Winship,' you said--I had sat near the door and was already in the entry--'ation didn't get out till you said yes, I remember! They howled and hae?"

"I had to say yes; why, I had to ith you even e quarrelled; it would have made talk for either of us to be seen alone"

She breathed a sigh that ended in rippling laughter

"You'll have to say yes again"

But at that she changed the subject, and we talked about her work at Barnard until we left the train at Fourteenth Street, where weinto the shops and piling up against gaily decked shos

Street hawkers jingled toy harnesses, shouted the prices of bright truck for tree orna holly ande above a shop door, Santa Claus bowed and gesticulated, shaking the lines above his prancing reindeer I had never seen such a spectacle

"What a jam!" cried Helen, her cheeks flooded with colour "Come, let's hurry!"

Indeed, as we threaded our way in and out a, her beauty oes!"

"Where? Where? I don't see her"

"There! The tall one, with the veil--walking with that jay!"

Not only did I hear such comments; I felt theain I sensed that odd displeasure that people could pass without seeing hbourhood of Sixth Avenue and cross to the open space of Union Square

The east side of the little park was quiet

"All right?" I asked

"All right"

Her breath cahtened

"But see," she said aher bicycle down Madison Avenue You'd better coht ere quarrelling"

"Sorry I'm wanted only to vindicate--is it your character or ? And will you tell me----"