The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14


 was simply not cut out for love and marriage. He's a born ascetic, would have been q monk two or | three centuries ago, but he cares as much for Carolyn as he would for any woman. The Ham, mond boys have some inherited money. and CIive has made big | financial success of architecture. !. That leaves only Janet and | Polly, doesn't it? . Polly's an | orphan and has barrels of money,.., and will Lave barrels more when | her aunt with whom she lives, dies and leaves her the fortune she has always promised her.
 And Janet Raymond ?' "Janets father is pretty rich | owns q big wire fence factory, but Janet has only q reasonable allow ance," Penny answered AS for me-1'm very rich: I get 3J whole dollars a week to support myself | and mother on."
 Dundee remained thoughtfully silent for q long minute. Then: | All you girls are alumnae of For came here immediately after she had directed a F'orsyte play Tell me, Penny-was any of the Hamilton girls ever in disgrace while in the Forsyte school?" | Penny's face famed. Pm sorry to disappoint you, but so far as l know there was never anything of the sort. Of course we all grad uated different years. except Karen and me. and I might not have heard But mol" she denied vehemently. There wasn't any scandal on q Hamilton girl ever! I'm sure of it!"
 But her very vehemence con- vinced Bonnie Dundee that she was He looked at his watch. Four o'clock. By this time Nita Selim was nothing more than d little heap of gray ashes. .
 I'm going out now. Penny. and I shan't be back to-day" he told the girl who had returned to her typing. "IIl telephone in about an hour to see if anything has come up. By the way how do I get to the Dunlap house?'
 Its in the Brentwood section. You know-that cluster of hills around Mirror Lake. Most of the crowd live out there-the Drakes, the Mileses, the Beales. the Mar shalls. The Dunlap house stands on the highest hill of all. It's gray stone. a little like a French cha teau We used to live out there, too, in Colonial house my father per suaded mother to sell when he went into the Primrose Meadows ven- ture. The Raymonds bought it. . . But why do you want to see Lois?" Thanks much, Penny. I don't know what I should do without nt,y, ,,otI 1I,itb ing her question, and reached for his hat.
 After 10 minutes of driving, the last mile of which had circled d smooth silver coin of d lake. Dun dee stopped his car and let his eyes rove appreciatively. He had made this trip the night before to ques- tiOn Lydia, already installed as nurse for the Miles children. but it had been too dark for him to see | much of this section consecrated to Hamilton's socially elect Georgian cottage" Spanish ha- sion-that was the Miles home; Colonial mansion where Penny had once lived; gray stone chateau. . Not one of them blantly | new or marked with the dollar sign. Dundee sighed a little en- | viously as he turned his car into the winding driveway that led up the highest hill to the Dunlap home.
 Lois Dunlap betrayed no surprise when the butler led Dundee to the | flag-stoned upper terrace overlook ing Mirror lake. where she was ! having tea with her three children and their governess.
 do do N, This is Miss Burden . My three offspring Peter the third, Eleanor. and Bobby. . Will you please take the children to the playroom now, Miss Burden? | Thank you! /. . Tea, MT Dundee? Or shall I order you a highball?"
 Nothing, thanks" Dundee an- swered. grateful for her friendli- ness but nonplussed by it. Not for the first time he felt a sick distaste for the profession he had chosen.
 'Its all over," Lois Dunlap said in low voice, as the butler re- treated. Lydia made her look very beautiful. I thought it would be rather, horrible, having to see her. as the poor child requested in her note to Lydia. but I'm glad now did She looked as sweet and young and innocent as she must have been when she first wore the royal blue velvet"
 I'm glad" Dundee said sin cerely. Then he leaned toward her across the tea table. Mrs Dunlap, will you please tell me just how you persuaded Mrs Selim to come to Hamilton-so far from Broad way?"
 "Why. certainly" Lois Dunlap answered. puzzled. But it really did not take much persuasion after 1 showed her some group photo- gra phs we had made when we For syte girls put on The Beggar's Opera here last October-a benefit performance for the Forsyte Al umnae Scholarship fund.-"
 With difficulty Dundee controlled his excitement. May l see those photographs. please?"
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