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| himself YEARLY, pushed from In
front of him the document at which
he had been working after dinner,
and strolled out onto the veranda.
Both the living room and the We
randa were deserted. He cast a
quick glance round him and re-
marked that one of the most COM
Portable chairs was missing. Thirty
seconds later he had succeeded in
tracing the dim outline of the miss
ing piece of furniture-not a dozen
yards from theefoot of the steps. A
single glowing spot-accentuated
against the Observation-Disclosures
that the chair was occupied.
Hewitt went down.
THAT you, Peter?"
The pleasantly contralto tones of
Enid replied to him.
mo, it's I, Captain Hewitt. The
others have gone down to the coast.
Mrs. Whey was anxious to discover
how the native fishermen spiked
fish,"
He took the fight at a couple of
strides and, selecting a wicker stool,
placed 1t in the immediate proximity
of Miss Bromley.
why didn't you go and see the
fishing by lamplight, Miss Bromley
She tossed the end of her cigaret
into the darkness.
ut didn't seem altogether fair go
ing out to enjoy ourselves while you
we're Shaving away in there. So I
stopped"
There was something about Enid
Bromley that was far more intoxi-
eating than the contents of the de-
canter.
That was really very nice of you"
Hewitt contrived to respond. "Im
sorry you missed the show on my
account. It's quite an interesting
spectacle. The fish UP to see
what the light is-and Mr.. Black
Man jabs his spear into It,"
The girl laughed.
Couldn't We go tonight"
Certainly. If you're not too tired.
Would o like to?"
lawfully"
On the way to the coast he took
her arm, because it seemed a per-
fectly natural and permissible thing
to do. They stood for a while, APP
plauding the efforts of men in loin-
clothes and laughing girls, their sa-
rongs tucked up well above their
knees, until a wave-more ambitious
than it's Observation-Disclosures to
| encircle them. He swept Enid into
his arms and deposited her present.
ly on a convenient grass grown bank
| among the trees. They talked in dis
| jointed sentences, without either APP
pearing to notice. Suddenly the girl
sighed.
Its simply wonderful! Why didn't
you tell me? Didn't you know 1t
was like this?"
A voice that Hewitt dimly under
stood was his own replied.
st wasn't like this-until you
came.''
1t was too dark for him to see the
look of triumph in her eyes. They
had closed, moreover, by the time he
had realized that her parted lips
were tantalizingly near his own
and had bridged the distance with an
impetuosity hat was new to him.
He awoke at last to the bitter knowl-
edge that the hour glass of their ex-
quisite pleasure was fast running
out, that Monica would be wondering
what had happened to them.
AT the foot of the garden, Enid
made him stop.
Jack" she whispered, "you
needn't tell them-yet-unless you
like"
He started.
st shall have to-" he said. "There'll
be no end of a scandal If l don't"
II see. I had a note from father
this evening. I've got to join him
Immediately. He's lonely up there
You'll come to our house-warming
won't you? and bring everybody yot
can. 1 want it to be a big success
And Captain Hewitt promised.
Dawson had gone back to the rest
house and Monica was evidently in
the act of undressing, for she con
tented herself with calling to then
over the partition that separated hei
room from the veranda.
How late you are-you two!"
I'VE came down to meet YOU
said Enid. II don't know how We
missed you. Are there two ways?'
There are-and Jack knows then
both. He ought to have remembered