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CHAPTER vII.-Continued)
"By my-Miss Tabor's authority. of
course. Certainly. She regrets the
necessity you impose on her of telling
you that she can't receive your call.
Maid told you yesterday she was no.
at home. Civil answer. No OCCASION
fer carrying the matter any fur:Eer.
Nothing more to be said. Nothing"
Ite looked at his watch again apl
kicked the head of a fsathery dande'
lion.
"Mr. Tabor told ma," I said made
deliberate by his jerkiness, that was
net fit. acquaintance tor his family.
That was absurd, and by this time he
knows 1t. If I'm forbidden to call, that
settles the matter; but there's got to
he some sensiD.o reason"
Certainly that settles the matter.
Nothing more to be said. Nothing at
all against your character. I don't
know anything about that. Haven't
heard a word about it. Nothing
against you. Mrs-Miss Tabor does,
MT wish to see you, that's all. Very
unpleasant position for you. I see
that. Very unpleasant for me to say
so. But you bring it on yourself.
Ought to have stayed away. Nothing
else to do
do you mean to say" demanded,
"that now that my reputation is clear
ed that. makes no difference"
Exactly. No objection to you,
whatever. Must have been all a mis-
take. Very unfortunate. Very much
to be regretted. Simply, you aren't
wanted. Very distressing to have to
say this. You ought to have seen it.
Nothing for you to come back for.
Nothing to do but to drop it. Drop it
right where it is. Nothing to be done"
The situation opened under me. In
definite SANDER had been at least
something to fight about, but to this
there was simply no answer. felt
like fool, and what was worse, like
an intrusive fool; and l had sicken-
ing sense that all the delightful kind
Illness of the days at the beach might
have been the exaggeration Of unwill-
ing courtesy. But another moment OF
that memory brought back my faith.
For me, I was certainly in the wrong,
and probably an off1cious idiot Yet
the one thing of which could be sure
was Lady's honesty. 1 was not run
ming from my guns just yet.
"You make me out an Intruder
retorted. "Well, that's been the whole
case from the first. All along, I've
done nothing out of the ordinary
course of acquaintance with an ordi'
nary family. But your family isn't ordi
nary. You put up invisible fences
and then accuse me of trespassing.
don't want to drag your shelton out OF
the closet; but blind man can see
that it's there. If you had counter
feiting plant in the house, for instance
I could understand all this nonsense
It's too palpably manufactured"
l could see that had hit him, for
he grew jerkier than ever. Counter
feiting, nonsense. Absolutely absurd
Insult to suggest such thing. Now,
let's drop this and come right down
to the facts May as we'll be practical.
Nothing more to say You're not to
call. Told you SO already Very dis
agreeable business. But, of course,
you won't make any further trouble.
Absolutely impossible. Hard on you,
of course, but nothing to be done"
Every WE'LL" said 7, you tell me this
matter is between Miss Tabor and my
self. Well keep it so, and the rest OF
you may toast in Tophet. I tell you
plainly don't doubt your liberal word
but doubt your motl7es and your
authority. If Miss Tabor herself tells
me to go, I'll go. Otherwise III
await my chance to see her; and II
that's intruding, why I'll intrude. Now
he as practical as you please"