Nogales international., 1932-07-13
Sevanfa Ins.aIment

desired another WOIIl1llS HuSHdiAN.
nervous wreck from the excitement ana
strain of London's gay lifc, she is taken oy
her aunt, Mrs. Gladwyn, to famous spccial-
lists office The physician orders Fer TO tne
country for long rest. She rebels, but the
doctor is handsome and sympathetic: She
learns that he is not the great man himseH
bit su assistant, DR.. Rathbone "God made
the country and man made the town, ne
cells her, and she agrees to SO 10 rurai
Before She leaves she goes to Dennis
Watcrman's lat, where they are surprised
BY Linda Dennis's wife. who takes the sitti-
alton quite calmly. II suppose she wants you
to rlarry herr" she asks Dennis.
At the night club where she goes Will
Dennis. Diana collapses. She regains con
.sciousness in little country cottage, with
nurse, Miss Startling, bending over her. Or
Rathbones home was close by, Miss Starring
After three weeks Dennis Waterman calls.
He tells her he will have to go away, ana ms
manner. as he leaves her, suggests that his
" Is ,I1 ~anng day, before Diana ds I herself
asking Miss Starting all sorts of questions
about DR.. Rathbone.
Net long afterwards she learns that there
is woman living in DR.. Rathbone's house,
"A woman named Rosalie.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"You asked me to come" he said.
SYou said it was something urgent.
"Yes yes, it is" But for the
life Of her she could think of nothing
to say, no excuse wherewith to justify
her hurried letter.
He glanced towards the window as
If impatient to be gone, even while he
drew out chair for her.
when are you going away!
early tomorrow morning"
Her eyes grew unconsciously pa
thetic
"For long?"
81 shall not be away for very
long. I am going to Paris. It's not
a holiday, if you think that" There
was a note of wonderment in his
voice as if he was asking himself
why it was necessary to make this
explanation at all. cts an urgent
case-one of my patients who is over
there has been taken seriously i'll"
He broke off, and Diana said in
a queer voice:
"Then you're going alore?"
"AIone? Why, certainly I am
going alone" He stopped, then
asked slowly, 'What do you mean?
Why do you ask such question:"
Nothing only :. :"
He asked rather abruptly:
"'What was the very urgent thing
you wish to see re about?"
Diana flushed little, but the
flush quickly died away, leaving her
paler than before. -- 80.
"I've told you"
~Xo15' We told rne2 2n
eyes !. that l didn't want you
to go away"
"You brought me ten miles to
tell me that?"
"Yes-at least, it's only five, isn't
it? Ten, if you count going back,
/ suppose. :. Oh, are you angry"
Are you ever going to learn self
reiiance?" he asked whimsically.
"Self-re1iance?"
81 mean,' he explained, that it
Sdresr't do to lean too hard on other
people; there's such a danger of be-
ing let down"
Diana shook her head, a little
wavering smile on her lips.
You'd never let anybody down"
she said confidently.
"You say that" he answered, "and
yet you took the trouble to drive
five miles through a scorching sun
! to find out for yourself something
about me which you could not find
out from other people"
She stared at him, fascinated.
81 /. how do you know?" she
whispered.
Because all women are the same,
he answered ruthlessly. "You tell
a man you believe in him, and di-
reetiy his back is turned -" He
broke off, pulling his shoulders to-
gether as if in anger at his unwonted
display of emotion.
%Well, I must be off," he said
once again.
Diana barred his way to the door.
cit wasn't that didn't believe
in you," she said rather breathlessly,
ST was just-oh, I can't explain,
but think perhaps it was queer
sort of jealousy"
~JedloMsy"
eyes" Her heart was beating
fast, but she kept her eyes on his
face. "I expect you'll laugh at me,
or perhaps you'll be angry, but
though 1 don't know why it is, l
think I somehow love you Not
the sort of love I :, like I love
Dennis . you're SO much older
than am, and than he is too, but
you make me feel so-Safei You
make me feel that no matter what
went wrong, if the door opened and
you came in, everything would be
ali right"
She put her hand over her eyes
for moment as if trying to make
sure of her own thoughts. eyes,"
she said after moment, "that's how
I feel about you. love you because
you're SO safe. You're like strong
harbour to which-anything weak
like me-can go and be safe"
She smiled at him with very
sweet smile.
That's very dangerous
thing to say to me, Diana"
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