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 If youN wait n ti9e wlita room. sir" he said "i,1l fHform her IA"Y@hsi} Chilrote was evileDtly q tre3Hent 2uG 2 favored visitor
 In this manner Loder for the second time entered the house so unfamiliar and yet so familiar ip all that Il su@ ceste,l Entering the drawing room. h" had leisure to look about llm. IL Wa a beautiful room, large and lofty. LUX ury was evident on every hand. but II was not the luxury that pals or of fends. Each object was graceful anG possessed it's OVID intrinsic value. TLe atmosphere was too effemnate to ap- peal to him, but he acknowledged the taste and artistic dclicacy it conveyed Almost at the moment of acknowledg- ment the door opened to admit Lllllan 'I thought it would be you," she said enigmatically.
 Loder came forward. "You expected me?' he said guardedly. A sudden conviction filled him that it was not the evidence of her eyes, but something at once subtler and more definite that prompted her recognition of him.
 She smiled. .Why should 1 expect you? On the contrary, Pm waiting to know why you're here:' He was silent for an instant. Then he answered in her own light tone. "As far as that goes," he said. let's make it my duty call-having dined with you. I'm an old fashioned per son.
 For full second she surveyed him amusedly. Then at last she spoke. "My dear Jack"-she laid particular stress on the name-"I never imagined you punctilious. 1 should have thought bohemian would have been more the word."
 | Ioder felt disconcerted and annoyed. l Either like himself. she was fishing for i information or she was deliberately playing with him. In his perpleXity he glanced across the room toward the fireplace.
 Lillian saw the look. "Won't you sit down. she said. indicating the couch "I promise not to make you smoke. shan't even ask you to take off your glovesv'
 Loder made no movement. His mind was unpleasantly upset. It was nearly fortnight since he had seen Lillian and in the interval her attitude haC changed and the change puzzled him It might mean the philosophy of wo man who. knowing herself without ade ouate weapons. withdraws from com bat that has proved fruitleSs, or i might imply the merely catlike desire to toy with certainty. He looket quickly at the delicate face. the gree eyes somewhat olliqlely set. the unre liable mouth. and Instantly he inclined to the hitter theory The conyictio; that she possessed the telegram lileo him suddenly. and With it came the q! sire to pHt his belief to the test 1 know beyond question whether Il :, smiling Haconcern meant malice mere enterta nment
 When y3u first came into the roo { he said quietly, you said I though would be you Why did you say |
 Again she. smiled-the smile might he malicious or might be mt = amused Oh, she answered at q "I only meant that though had ;. told Jack Chilcote wanted me, it W lack C.!ilcote expected to sec.'
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