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4ec Perfect Holland Win.
dow Shades, 36x69 inches;
ecru and white. .3Sc
+$1z.o5 Sample Linen Dis
play Draperies. .$3.95 pair
50 pairs Csc Colored Wolfe
Kitchen Sets. 49c
8 pairs $I.6o Sicilian DAM
ask Drapes; fringed val
ance H.D
200 yards I9c to SOC Part
Pieces of Curtain Ma.
terials ...:..........8 SC yd.
1eS1 Round Leatherette
Hassocks ............ o5s
800 yards 19c and z9c Gree
tonnes, Sc inches wide,
1zc I'd.
AS9.95 Three-panel Folding
Screens; black ground,
floral designs. .H.9S
3 pairs $11.95 Rust ard Rust
Velour Portieres; so
inches wide, 21z yards
long A.05
3 pairs $5.95 Skiki Damask
Drapes; so inches wide,
sateen lined .$3.95
z0-S1 Ruff1ed Chintz Bou-
doir Slip Covers. ..... .8Sc
100-49c to 81 Curtain and
Portiere Strips. .1oc each
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Mems Sportsspem (continued)
$50 McGregor Suede
Blouses and Sweater COM
binati0ns .$6.95
1-sz4.95 Boys Bicycle, "a
inch size; shopworn, $18.9s
1-$13.50 Steel Tennis
Racket .............$9.95
81 Steel Tennis Presses,
SI.49
$50 Leather Golf Bags;
two toned :. .$15.9S
30-$5 Puritan V-kote
Jacket Sweaters. .$2.95
z5-s5 Penn Shaker Knit
Sweaters .$2.95
z0-$7.50 and $40 Penn
Shaker Knit Sweaters, s.
zAll-wool Auto Robes,
.,...,.' $500
s-sz5 Sheep-lined Horse
hide Coats. SIS
I-Sz.o5 Suedine- Blouse
size a.. 81
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8+$z.o5 Three-Iight Metal
Table Lamp Bases. 81
1895 Nursery Junior
Floor Lamps, with shades,
81
I6-SI.50 Hand-tailored Bed
Lights, as is 49c
10-S4.50 Imported Pottery
Table Lamps and Shades,
SOS
SIS Three.Iight Rembrandt
Metal Table Bases. SOS
ISL Pleated and Hand.
tailored Boudoir Shades,
as is...................50 is. Soc
@$8.95 Rembrandt Lamps;
parchmentized shades. SIS
1z-$3.95 Colonial Convex
Mirrors; II inches. $40
1$lz Semi.Venetian Buffet
Mirrors; 81 inches. .S7.95
@S2.95 Two.opening French
Mirrors 81
Glazed Pottery Table Lamps,
with 12-inch shade. :. 81
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Furnishings

Mems S4.95 and S5.95 Sport
Flannel Robes; striped,
all sizes .............S3 .S3.95
z4-50c Four-in-Hand Wash
lies ............... lUC
@SI6.50 SiIk-lined Velvet
Robes; small and large
sizes ............... SS.oS
+S1.o5 to $3.50 Summer
Beach Robes, small and
medium .............$l.5O
So pairs $1.50 Pajamas, size
A and D only .........69c
80 Pairs 75c HoleproOf
Autogart Socks, 10 to
11H ................19 .19c
7-$4.95 Terry Cloth Beach
Blankets ........... .S1.S0
s. Mems SOS to S. Silk
Shirts, soiled and mussed;
broken sizes. .S1.95
10 Ben Wade English Pipes,
$1.50
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Housewares

&s1 Oval Metal Hampers.
as is ......-...........sOc
zO-S1 AIl.Hair Wall Dust.
efS ............... .4SC
35-SI.29 Tarnish Proof Sill
yer Chests .79c
4eS1 Cast Aluminium Ba.
con and Egg Fry Pans, 39c
$3.50 Porcelain Stove
FlueS sue
15-S1.49 Gallon Cans Red
Roof Paint 81
81 Iron Wall Flower Pot
Brackets .............S sue
3o-Sz.39 Bird Cages with
Stands .............N.oS
1S1.95 Bread and Cake
Boards, with cover, as is,
69c
5$l.95 Bed Trays; floor
samples ........ SOC
1-S44.95 CIark-Jeweil Gas
Range ..............$ .$S4.9S
1-Slz.95 Five.Piece Oak
Breakfast Room Suite,
s10.9S
LS4.o5 Metal Shelf Cabi-
nets; 18x66xl2; as is, $3.95
zS3o.os Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinets; tutone. $29.95
l-S14.95 Extension Break
fast Table .$0.9S
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1851 Bradley's Bath
Salts soc
30-S1 Colgste's Shaving
Sets ............... .SVc
z0-S1.69- Makeup Boxes, 81
z0-z5c Hecht Co. Alcohol,
19c
zo-7oc Chavon Combina-
ton Sets. soc
zs-sl Novelty, Saehets. soc
eSI.s0 Girey compacts. &c
Is-45c Pouches for Pow
DER .......s...... .kSC
zeo-1ec Tintex; various col.
0fs ...........s. ..-. ..Se
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Sportswear

Is pairs $1.39 and $1.S0 Wool
Golf Hose. :. SOC
z pairs S. Bowling Shoes;
6H and II. SOS
1-S1z.50 Blue Serge knick.
ers, size 81. $3.50
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and so envelopes; Eaton's
Sulgrave Manor, white,
ivory and grey....... SOC
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Special Purchase $1.95
Smocks; rayon and broad
cloth, fitted lines, blue,
green and rose, sizes 81 to
R ...............::... 81
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COrsets

COrSetS
3l-S3.50 to S Natures
Rival and Modishform
GirdIes, sizes 26, %, 81. 81
and 80 SOS
1850 Natures Rival Cor
settes; sizes IS, SO, 81 and
$3.50 Wolfe Corsettes;
sizes 81, "a, IS, 40. .Sl.S
$50 and $3.50 Bien.Jolie
Corsettes 1926
Io-S5 Natures Rival Girdles
and Step-ins; 81, 81, 80,
$z.45
$3.50 and s. Modkhform
Side.hoOk Girdles. .$2.4S
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RefrigeratOrs

1-S151.So Norge; 5 cubic
teet SlJ9.SO
$50 Mayiowers; SH
feet $13o.5O
l-$189.S0 Maydower; S Gu.
1eet .............. $loS.SV
} Sanicold; 5A cubic feet,
S79.7S
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Mems Funishings (continued)
100-$1 Summer Ties, light
shades. - IOF SI
300-55c Plain or Fancy Pat
tern Shorts. II for 81
z75-S5c Combed Lisle Ath-
Ietic Under Shirts, 4 for 81
I65-75c and 81 Athletic
Union Suits, soiled or
mussed; "a and sc only;
Csc; ) for 81
4S Mems 6 for 81 Fancy
Handkerchiefs, IL for 81
3ez5c Arrow Handker-
chiefs. ..8 for 81
~ Evening Dress Jewelry
Sets, originally S.. .S1.9S
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1S Women's SOC Lace-trim-
med or e m b r oidered
Handkerchiefs .25c
5 Mems $3.50 Handkerchief
Cases, with s handker-
chiefs for. .75c
10 Mems SOC Linen Hand
kerchiefs .z5c
6O-zSc and 35c Women's
Linen Handkerchief, 1zI1c
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ToiIetries (Continued)
Ioo-5oc Bath Salts; as
sorted ............... %. .15c
41N Novelty Wash Cloths,
SOC
4z@$1 Powder Puff Dolls,
75c
6o-zsc Vantine's Incense.
l5c
6O-50c De Viibiss Perfume
Atomizers ............zSc
49-$1 Ash Trays; alabaster,
set of 4. .7Sc
tMain Floor, The Hecht Co..
Lingerie
6o-$1.9S Silk Slips. .$l.@
1$3.95 Bed Collars. .$z.9s
z pairs $l5.95 Silk Pajama
Ensembles .$9.9S
zo-5gc Rayon Gowns,
3 for 81
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Books ReceiUed

HEAD OF THE FAMILY. By Josephine Law
renee. New York: Aventine Press
WITHIN THE WEB. BY Joan Sutherland,
author of Challenge" etc. New York: Far
rar and Rinehart, Inc
INDIAN SUMNER; Novel. BY j. c. Snaith,
author Of "The Sailor" ETC. New York: d.
Appleton & Co.
THE MAD STONE. By Lorna Beers author Of
Prairie Fires" ETC. New York: E. p Dut-
ton & Co.
PROMISCUOUS By Dora Macy, author Of
"Ex-Mistress." etc. New York: Brentanos.
BEAUTY LIES BEYOND HE'LL! BY Howard
w Roper. New York: Ray Long and Rich
ard r. Smith, Inc
THE BENDING SICKLE. BY Cicely Farmer.
New York: William Morrow & Co.
HERE CONES PANCHO VILLA: An Anecdotal
History of Genial Killer. BY Louis Ste
vens. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
YOUNG MAN ABOUT TO COMMIT SUI
eide. BY Anthony Gudaitis. New York:
William Faro, Inc
THE HORROR OF TT Camera Records of
Wars Gruesome Glories. Forewords by Car
RE Chapman Gait and Harry Emerson Fos-
dick. Arranged by Frederick A. Mariner
Historical Foundation). New York: Brewer,
Warren q Putnam.
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FIGHTING FOR TIME: The battle that saved
Washington and mayhap the Union. By
Glenn H. Worthngton. Produced under
the sanction of The Frederick County
Historical Society Baltimore: The Day
Printing Co.
THE direct menace of Early's army to the Ma
tional Capital at critical point in the
Civil War stands as a familiar chapter in the
history Of that event. Former history lessons
have told about it. in general outline, many q
time. But there is something quite different
from the vaguely accepted and easily forgot
ten outline" Where they are general in treat
ment this book is definite and particular.
Where they are more or less impersonal, this
book deals with time and place. with circum-
stance and people drawn from the vicinity of
Washington itself. This book is in the main,
bent upon the battle of Monocacy. Md. taking
Its name from that event. Its inspiration came,
no doubt. in some measure from the efforts, SO
far unsuccessful, to establish q National Mill
tary Park at this point in extension of the
commemorative ring of outpoStS projected
around the Capital in reminder of the battles
that first protected the Federal City and then
saved it
Mr.. Warrington has devoted time and
search and study and writing to this story. The
official records of both armies were searched
for material. Books from the Congressional
Library and from that of the Peabody Institute
of Baltimore were studied for facts upon the
subject in hand. "Malone;s Dairy" from a
prison camp at Point Lookout. is of keen inter-
est. A close description of the battle field It
self is made showing the B. & O. bridge at
Monocacy and the famous "Jug" bridge and
the uses CT these river passes to the armies
there engaged. Here are day by day account
inEs of the ebb and flow of fighting, of hero
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PROMENADE DECK. BY ISnoel Ross. rev
York: Harper & Bros.
CHOICE of a hostelry-big, modern, cosmo-
~ politan-as both background and scene OF
. novel bespeaks for its author practical,
something even of housewifely order of EN-
cient management. Here, tidily and compactly
at hand is a variety of situation, action per-
sonality. With the ground already cleared OF
roughage, the writer is free to devise some
plausible purpose of advance and then to set
these ready-to-go agencies to its fulhllment
Already prodigious success has followed TINS
device as foundation for current fiction.
And here Miss Ishbel Ross, Individually an
up-and- dressed young woman, has grabbed that
which, in a hurried passing by, looks like the
only remaining chance to do it again SAIL
ing trip around the world! The Maren1a
moving out of New York Harbor, on board
carefully selected group of the sort that can
60 sailing around the world. waywise group
in the main. Men and women of experience
but looking for more. Girls and young men,
still with theirs to win, and ready for it.
siren, of sorts. woman-hater, after fash
ion. Changing too. as fashions do An aging
girl who, out in the West, has boarded for
years to get this adventure. Too late, as much
of life is In excellent discrimination has the
author picked her passengers. In admirable
discretion has she provided substantial
variety among them. Temperament, person.
.ality, conmunicability gather here in vivid
contrasts of effect, and in natural sequences OF
doing all the things that a part OF LIE
aboard ship. Where talk is the prime preoccu-
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gether.. just as words commonly work together,
to tell the story. Beyond this point, the
sketches reproduce plain industry, a floating
packing house, SO to speak, busy with the sal
wage and storage of every marketable portion
Of the whale.
Lacking, as matter of course, the spiritual
significance Of Herman Melvilles greatest tale
Of the sea. Greasy Luck" nevertheless, in its
graphic and exact portraiture, distinctly recalls
"Moby Dick" And yet, possibly it does not lack
such significance Rather only reverses it, show
ing here, not the essential enmity of nature to
man. but instead the distinct and triumphant
hostility of man to many of the forms of ma
ture. However it is not the lesson but the
facts of a great and vanishing enterprise that
come out here in form to remind us that not
to children alone is the picture book one Of
the best of teachers. And this particular book,
wide and fiat for good spread, is bound. beau
tifully. in sail-cloth. To be sure What else?
Odd how mere chance so often shapes the
individual In this case, just lad, named
Gordon Grant shipped from his home in Scot
land to a school that carried him around Cape
Horn. And, being boy. he fell in love with
the Both hand and mind working to-
gether thereafter, this young Scotsman became
an artist and newspaper man, going about the
world. as much as possible by water, securing
for the rest Of us some delightfully."- pleasant
and profitable hours out of his own working
career.
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and profitable hours out of his own working
career.
THE FORTNIGHT IN SEPTEMBER: A Novel.
BY r. c. Sheriff.. author Of Journeys
End" New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co.
NOTHING but . family-Mr. and Mrs.
~ Stevens and the three young ones, Dick
and Mary and Ernie. Just a family getting
ready for their annual two weeks of in Ser-
TENDER down by the sea. Getting ready for 1t.
having It, and coming home again. all primed
for work or trying to feel that way about 1t.
And that's the story. Nobody drowned. or at
last gasp saved from that sad fate Not a one.
No shipwrecks along shore with 50 many souls
lost" None Of that either. No murders nearby,
no robberies nor kidnapings nor other of the
swarming mishaps with which current life Is
packed and current fiction loaded This Is
simply and only the vacation record Of the
Stevens family on their regular fortnight of by
the sea. The point Of prime importance. how
ever, IS that 1t Is the story of your family
and mine upon the yearly outing.
In other words. it is record Of the utmost
simplicity. Nothing in 1t, anywhere, that might
not. would not, be part Of our own adventure.
The little drama with which it opens exemplfies
the spirit and character of the whole. Mr.. Ste
vens seated at the table, the family roundabout
giving good attention. Prom the paper before
him he assigns each his task, checking OF the
item as it is assigned. Dick to clean the gar
den tools and place them in the shed. Mary to
take the canary over to Mrs Smith. And so
on concluding the session in something of the
spirit of bank directors meeting. Throughout
here is the art of being utterly artless at its
best Touches of beauty throughout as with
Mr. Stevens alone in the garden Of his own
making late that night. The silence. the moon
lit trees the deep shadows, his own peaceful
thoughts, his contentment with life. The
element Of the next morning lest they miss
the train that undying fear Of the habitual
home stayer. And suppose, just suppose they'd
go through the wrong gate at the station. take
the wrong train-unthinkable how many risks
the traveller has to run! Delightful from the
first page to the last one and upon our own
terms of simplicity and the pleasure that COM
monplace things hold.
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GUS, though instantly she felt the
surge of strange, suppressed emo
tion-too strong. one would say, for
the occasion which aroused it.
Her question confused him no.
ticeably.
"Why-well-that you weren't
very close to each other"
What difference would it have
made to you if I had?" Try as
she would she could not make the
words quite casual-suspens seemed
to CULVER between them, on the
quivering heat waves of the hot
afternoon air. Marvin spoke as
though under unbearable compul-
sion.
difference I thought
you saw him often, talked to him
intimately. He said-that he-he
was an older relative-your father
wasn't alive-that he could-wouId
advise YOU
Il thought that perhaps even last
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have-we wouldn't-when he said"
A black surge twas it anger or re-
morse0 seemed to wrench through
his body and, beating down on the
yielding turf, he struck his fist
against the metal support of little
iron table so violently that his
knuckles showed raw and bleeding.
AghaSt, Linda sat silent. She
dared not question. She held her
breast lest any sound or movement
distract him. If the threatened
cutburst came, she might learn so
muchi
But Marvin gained a measure Of
control and, though he muttered
sullenly, she caught a note of apol-
ogy in words that only repeated
what he had already said.
Il thought he was very close to
you. You seemed SO fond of him.
But you're friendly and-and good
to every one. I should have seen
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wrenching effort, he himself
brought their desultory talk
straight to the subject uppermost
in her mind.
Linda, let me ask you-your
cousin, Mr.. Peabody-was he very
close connecticut"
"A very distant one" she an
swered, inwardly alert, but speak
ing casually. He was my mothers
second cousin. You know she died
when was a child and lived with
dads family.
THAT New England branch Of
mothers kept sort of dusty-eye
on me. Wrote at birthdays and sent
presents improving ones) and when
any of them were in town, which
wasn't often, came to see me. After
dad died, Cousin Amos sister asked
me to come live with her, but she
was much relieved when 1 went to
work and stayed in New York in
stead.
II visited her once or twice-she
had a lovely old place at Marble
head-and met Cousin Amos there"
Then Mr.. Peabody had no very
intimate acquaintance with you?"
Indeed it was very Slight" Linda
almost laughed. Poor man! He
violently disapproved of having his
Il
THE few times did visit Marble
head he usually managed to be
called back to town. And had
about as much fondness for his old
fashioned ways as he had for my
disturbing influence"
But he visited you here. After
all, he felt free to come unlimited"
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7 linda looked at him in aston
IL ishment. L suppose that would
seem sign of intimacy. But the
important thing 90 Cousin Amos
was that he was caught over a holi-
day weekend.
L might as well be honest. He
probably invited himself here SIM
ply to save hotel bills. He was can
nier than any Scotsman and would
have gone anywhere to cadge a few
days lodging. I happened to be
the victim this time.
He may have tried other people
he knew better and found them
full up over the Fourth. So he calm
ly overlooked the fact that he never
did like me very well-nor I him. -
Marvin's mouth set in its hard
est, narrowest lines.
Il wish I had known that yester-
day." he muttered. My God-Why
didn't you tell me?"
Tell you what?" Linda forced
herself to be natural, even humor-
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or asked you. II had known LIST
night"
Again that black surge-it seemed
pure anger-as he pounded the
earth beside him. Suddenly. n
was erect beside her, standing with
one quick electrical contraction Of
his strong muscles.
But that was-last night" His
strong jaw set in iron control. L
beg your pardon, Linda. This was
all very unnecessary"
ChH sSSe. NC. =. 4sneGiy IS ~,
y aGI he found he could not avoid
her.
He said-what, Marvin?" Her
eyes met his steadily. It was not
always easy to see deep into Mar
wins eyes. but this time she felt
she held him and could hold him.
TO Be Continued
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bids one no trump, what shall
do?
Well, to be frank, there isn't
much that you could do about it.
You are not in position to al
low him to play the hand at one
no trump; you can not rebid
spades, as that would show a five
card suit; so, while your hand con-
tains the necessary number of
high cards and a biddable suit, it
does not contain a definite rebid
and therefore should be passed
first or second hand.
Of course, the hand should be
opened in either third or fourth
position, as here we are not re-
quired to have a rebid.
1 will continue this discussion of
opening bids with you in the mex:
article.
Copyright. 1882. NEA Service. Inc1
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BY w. E. MKENNEY
Secretary American Bridge League

Secretary American Bridge League
TITO those interested in using the
Il one over one system of contract
bidding, I again want to emphasize
the Importance of the sound orig
inal first and second hand suit bids
of one.
There is a theory among some
authorities that it pays to get a
bid early, to get the jump upon
your opponents.
This theory might have worked
out we'll in aution bridge, but it
certainly is most unsound for con-
tract,
To start with, at contract you
really are not interested in your
opponents. Your most important
thought is whether you and your
partner can make a game or a
slam, and while defensive bidding
plays it's part in contract bridge,
offensive bidding is by far the more
important.
If you and your partner hold
high cards and the opponents bid
too much, you are bound to set
them. and it is seldom that they
will escape being doubled when it
is possible to set them two or more
tricks, due to the fact that you
might have passed some defensive
strength first or second hand.
T CAN NOT impress upon you too
Il strongly the Importance of not
opening first or second hand I'M
less you have a definite re-bid.
This is the true success Of con-
tract bridge-laying sound foun-
dation upon which you and your
partner can build a game or a
slam contract.
Many of you have been accus-
toned to picking up your hand at
contract, looking to see if you had
the required number of high card
tricks and a biddable suit and i'm
mediately making an opening bid.
May I ask you to study your
hand along an entirely different
line after this? Supposing you
held the following hand:
Spades-A-K-7-2
HeartS-A-4-3-2
DiamOndS-5-3
ClubS-4 80
The old procedure would be as
follows. We would find
First-That the hand contained
three high-card tricks.
Secondhand the hand con-
tains a biddable spade suit.
This, you might say, meets the
requirement for an original suit
bid of one. However, you are
wrong-you must go further.
ID EMFMBER that you are bid
IN ding for your partner and not
against your opponents, so an
alyze the hand further as follows:
If I bid one spade and my partner
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Yet she was, after all, alone.
Alone and forced to wait, with APP
parent calm. for something impossi-
bic to imagine in advance.
Yes, waiting was hardest Of all.
She could bear anything better. 1t
must have been quite ten minutes
since Tom left her-longer since her
guests scattered, after luncheon, to
their different occupations.
The house stood silent and calm
Thoughtful hands had Strengthened
the spindles OF the balcony and ad-
justed the top rail so that the eff
feet was much as always.
Cousin Amos was gone, oblit-
Grated, the very evidence of his
death removed, and all that was left
Of the old man had been taken from
her house, unobtrusively, almost
furtively.
No, Cousin Amos was not forgot
ten. AS Linda dropped her eyes
from the balcony to which she had
raised them in mute pledge she
saw Marvin Pratt come through the
easement and look about him.
She knew he could see her per-
fectly well in the decorative green
wicker chair by the clump of bushes,
and she waited, apparently indo-
lent, but inwardly tense, for him
to come toward her-for her first
ordeal.
A ND it proved an ordeal indeed.
' n Marvin came, at last, but came
as though under orders which he
only obeyed reluctantly. Certainly
he deliberately held her off, refus-
ing to be led into any friendly,
reminiscent chat.
But finally, with curious,