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and offered r.
'-IlurE you" said N.uInn. and
drulu-d TO- "Nnan- uIn. as I live,
h. observed most brought his chair
nearer 10 the table. Il dIdn.t kupW
Inn had % SISTER" hr went on. Il re-
mrrur,r uuu Bart said bee had twn "t
her r,IurIvr,-"
Lulu flushed and glanced at him pitt
fully.
lie has" She said. Its my mother
and M" Eu' we do quite q good deal
of the wprE"
"TIl bet you do" suid Ninlan. and
did not perceive that anything had
been violated. What's your nnmcf'
he hcthuuEht.
She WIS In au immense and obscure
excitement Her manner vas serene,
her hands as they went on With the
pcc,luG did not tremble; her replies
were given with sufficient quiet. But
she told him her name as one tells
something Of another and more re-
mote creature She felt as one may
feel In catnstrophe-no sharp under
standing but merely the sense that the
thing cannot possibly be happening.
you folks expect mc." he went on
"Oh. yes," she cried, almost with
vehemencc. why, we've looked fol
you every day"
"'See," he said. how long have they
been marriedi'
Lulu flushed as She answered: Eff
teen years"
''And a year before that the first one
died-nnd two years they were mar
ried," he computed. II never met thai
one. Then it's close to twenty years
since Bert and ! have seen eacf
other"
''How awful !" Lulu said, and flushed
again.
"whyf"
ITO be that long away from youl
folks"
Suddenly she found herself facin,
this honestly. as II the immensity ol
her present experience were clarifyin,
her understanding: Would 1t be so aw
full TO be away from Bert and Mononf
and Dl-yes, and Ina, for twent,
yearsl
"You think that7" he laughed. "a
man don't know what he's like till he.
roamed around on his own" He liket
the sound OF 1t. "Roamed around OF
his own" he repeated. and laughed
again. Course a woman don't know
that"
"Why don't she7' asked Lulu. Sh,
balanced pie on her hand and carvec
the crust. She was stupefed to hea
her own question. "why don't she z
Maybe she does Do your
Yes" said Lulu.
Good enoughi' He applaude,
noiselessly. with fat hands. His dIa
mond ring sparkled. his even whit
teeth flashed. I've had twenty year
Of gnlloping about" he Informed her
unable, after all, 10 transfer his inter
ests from himself to her.
'wherei" she asked. although sh
knew.
"South America. Central Americs
Mexico. Panama" He searched hi
! memory. Colombo" he superadded.
: "Ayl" said Lulu. She had probabl,
0over In her life had the least desir
- see any Of these places. She dix
Dot want to see them now. But sh,
wanted passionately TO meet her con
Danloo's mind.
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