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CHAPTER xxx Continued
Helen recognized it as n that
she herself had made for Leonard
at a time when she hoped to keep
house for him. She viewed it with
mixed feelings as Carmel smoothed
it in place and laid the napkins
IN it.
1--WE really may be disappointed,
you know" Carmel volunteered gay
". Shall I shake up a cocktail
to help us bear it if Leonard doesn't
return?'
Helen declined. Carmel did not
laugh at her. Helen's poise was be-
ginning to impress her. She could
better have understood a girl who
threatened to make a sceen. For
she did not believe that bluff about
important business for a minute.
She was o bit quieter herself when
she went back to the kitchen to
grind the coffee that she knew how
to make so well.
n n n
VETHEN Carmel had an ak to
w grind she never discounted
any helpful detail. Brent was par
ticular about his food, coffee espe-
cially. He insisted that it must be
freshly roasted and freshly ground
to be fit to drink.
He had found a coffee shop not
far away where he left an order for
fresh coffee to be delivered to him
daily. and he always had it ground
Just as it was to be used.
But even with this care he was
disappointed when his man pre-
pared it for him. Carmel had found
him in a temper over the matter
one day and had insisted upon
making coffee as she had learned to
make it from an Egyptian gentle
man who had become Partisan.
Brent had been delighted, and Car
mel had not forgotten.
She would have it just right for
him today-eyerything else, too -
for when she had put into effect
the plan that was in her mind she
would need every aid at her COM
mand to appeaSe him.
While she worked she left the
kitchen door open so that she
might listen for the sound Of the
doorbell that would announce
Brent's return. He wasn't, she
knew, in the habit of using his key.
And she had sent his man away on
a small errand in order to have an
excuse to open the door herself.
Suddenly she appeared in the
living room and remarked that If
Leonard did not come soon he
would probably not come at all.
"You will find a well-supplied
dressing table in the guest room if
you wish to touch up a bit before
lunch" she added airily. Leonard
is such a thoughtful perosn."
Helen struggled with a desire to
sit stonily in her chair, but con-
quered It with a laugh. Thank
YOU" she said with an emphasis
that implied she was ready to &C
cept this woman'S assumption Of
the duties of hostess in Leonard's
home. Then her voice changed and
she said in a tone that Smarted
even Carmel's blunted sensibilitieS:
SPY the way, what is your manner"
Does it matter?" Carmel re-
torted rather warmly.
Helen shrugged. Its a bit stupid
not to know, since you appear to
be entertaining for my host"
Carmel did not answer. She had
turned back to the kitchen, where
Helen could hear her making a
great deal of noise. Helen smiled,
but not in mirth.
She knew she had succeeded in
concealing from the woman'S eyes
her own perturbation, but she did
not goat over it. Caught in the
drift OF despair herself she had no
wish to make another suffer In
necessarily.
She was relieved infinitely when
the doorbell rang and Carmel
rushed out to answer it.
A few seconds later she witnessed
a scene that brought her up stand
ing as tense as a marble shaft, her
eyes burning with indignation.