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"Yes"

"Then who are these!"

"I don't know"

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know that either"

"Will we tell the other men?"

"Later Go on with your food as if nothing happened"

"I'ry now, sir"

The ht froood to be with friends again And to my wife and children, without whoh their kindness in caring forfor your arrival" He lass toward his fa their eyes at last as everyone drank

Hathaway drank down his wine He did not cry out as he fell forward onto the table and slipped to the ground Several men eased him to rest The doctor bent to him and listened Wilder touched the doctor's shoulder The doctor looked up and shook his head Wilder knelt and took the old man's hand "Wilder?" Hathaway's voice was barely audible "I spoiled the breakfast"

"Nonsense"

"Say good-by to Alice and the children for me"

"Just a moment, I'll call them"

"No, no, don't!" gasped Hathaway "They wouldn't understand I wouldn't want them to understand! Don't!"

Wilder did not move