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accused me of doing such thing.
she aaid promptly. all the same

accused me of doing such thing,
she said promptly, all the same.
TT must have been the pigs, after
ALL" murmured Bannatyne !
Really, Mr.. Bannatyne, it's quite
time you said frankly what you
mean" said Mrs. Folliott, with acerb
ity. do you mean to say it was u
whom you heard?"
Cor y" put in Miss Graham, an1
iously hostile.
Bannatyne protested. Il haven't
said anything. l merely say that
heard the sound of snoring. and that
when l opened my door it came
| from"
"Where?" cried the four ladies to-
gether.
From some room near" he re.
piled,
There was silence for moment
and then Miss Graham said: My
room is quite long way from yours.
And mine" said her friend
My dear Millicent. you are dis
tinctly nearer" protested Miss Ora.
ham.
My dear Evelyn, I'm not. I'm next
to Hetty."
'Hetty!' They both turned their
eyes on the girl, who was undis-
/ rsbedly making a hearty breakfast,
and both beamed
THAT comes of taking hearty sup
per, Hetty," declared Mrs. Folliott
smilingly.
Il warned you about the ginger
bread said Miss Graham, in amiable
reproach.
i I'm not sleeping there" protested
Hetty, With her mouth full Tn in
the nursery now"
Mrs. Raymond got up. "Ill leave
you wrangling,' she said pleasantly,
as she left the room.
Mrs Folliott's eyes followed her
pensively. Poor Mrs. Raymond's cold
is very bad She paused. Even peo-
pie who are not accustomed TO snore
sometimes do so when they have
colds"
Miss Graham agreed. "Of course
new she's gone, one may say that
ones noticed on several occasions
They both looked appealingN al
Bannatyne, but he shook his head. II
didn't come from Mrs. Raymond
room he said as he rose to follow his
hostess example.
Half an hour later he was smoking
a cigar OH the lawn when Miss Ora
ham Joined him, very prettlly flushed
and important. II wanted to tell you,
she began, hastily, that | heard it
too 1t kept me awake for quite E
long time. 1t was most distressing
wasn't it? OF course, | couldn't say
anything before poor Millicent, but
She paused. He nodded
Yes, ! know he said. Il didn
say anything on purpose, too. Per
haps I oughtn't to have mentioned i
at all
Oh l don't know replied Mis-!
Graham, cheerfully. you see. yo,
couldn besides, she doesn't know
she snores, you see"
No he assented.
Il have never snored in my life
pursued Miss Graham. "And on,
really does know when one snores
doesn't one?''
Certainly" he agreed
She parted from him, smiling, t.
enter the rose garden, and he had no
t got to the end of the cigar before h.
, saw Mrs. Folloitt coming to NEE
| him. He waited for her
a TIN glad you didn't let poor Eve
Ign know" she began quickly.
. heard it for long time, but wouldn'
:. tor the world let her think So"
Nor would T." he said gravely.
r You were very considerate abou
S 1.-THE way you avoided answerin
y her went Oh Mrs. Folliott, pleasantly
), 1t really was good of you, and
+ wanted to thank you for it. She mus
$ never suspect"
She sha'nt." he assured her; ant
d radiant, she nodded him an adieu.
t, SO, old chap, ] hear you were KEEP
awake last night by snoring, eh?" sal
+ Raymond, his host facetiously, a.
" they smoked their last cigar in con
pany that night.
J. Yes" said Bannatyne "The fac
It is (only don't mention it, becaus
J. snorers are sensitive) l snored SO lou
that I woke myself
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