The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08
SYNOPSIS

JANE TERRY, wealthy, New York business woman, left her home town, Marburg, after HOW ARD JACKSON broke the engage Mlent Jane had forced upon him and married Janc's best friend, AMY LOWE. Years pass but Jane remains bitter against Amy. She has an affair with ROGER THORPE, married, tires Of him and when he offers to LSGr tho cx- pense of their child contem9tuous- 1y disnlisses him. Amy takes the baby, named NANCY, promising never to reveal its percentage.
 When America enters the World War Howard joins the aviation corps. Amy's son is born and How ard has brief leave from camp. He acquires u cold and a few weeks iater stumblcs into Jane's Office, desperately i'll with pneu- mOnia. When Amy arrives Jane tells her that Howard has been her lover.
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 CHAPTER XXXVIII
 fYou must have wondered why he's here" she said clearly. And I'm going to tell you. He's been with me from the very first day since he's came up to the new camp. We planned it a long time ago. He's always wanted me. He loves me. DO you understand, Amy Ines been my lover all these four weeks. He wanted me all the time. He told me so. He never really loved anyone but me, just as ] loved him"
 It seemed to Jane that Amy was growing tall, taller, standing far above her, tall and sharp like d long shining sword. Involuntarily she stepped back, put the desk be- tween them. Then Amy's voice, sharp and keen like a swords edge, pitiless, despising-"If l could kill you, Jane Terry" said this voice, T believe l would. To tell q lie like that. when he is sick and can't defend himself, to say you love him. I've always thought perhaps you did love him, but you don't. If you loved him, if you loved him one least bit, you wouldn't try to make him out a cheat, and-and unfaithful-and low--and common"
 The Colonel and Professor Lowe loomed up behind her. Whats this?" asked the Colonel. What's the matter?-good morning, Miss Terry"
 And Professor Lowe - "Why, how do you do, Jane?' But Jane had picked up the bag and van ished from the room by another door, without word, flying from such terror as she had never known before, abject physical ter l,a fn1f A yr-in tN kill her. She knew that for a mo- before when she had rushed away from Amy it was from herself that she had fled, but to-day it was from Amy. She had nothing, no shield, no evasion, nothing at all to meet or turn aside Amy's pur- pose. She went out of the house blindly, not knowing if she would ever dare return.
 "Why-how odd!" said Professor Lowe, mildly. She didn't even speak,
 "She's very odd person, this Miss Terry" said the Colonel. Sit down, Mrs Jackson. We must see one of the nurses"
 Isn't there any way" asked Amy, paying no attention to the Cosoners suggestion, that we can get Howard out of here? Is he too sick to be moved? He mustn't stay here. He mustn't"
 The Colonel was struck with dis may. Was Jacksons wife, who un til this moment had seemed to him sensible and quite beautiful-al- lowing of course for fatigue from her trip and her natural anxiety was she going odd on him too! The Terry woman had worn out his pa tience in these three days! And if this was still another unreason- able, tiresome, .unpleasant-bu he looked at Amy and perceived that she was extremely moved, shaken with some wild and fearful purpose he did not understand. So he an- swered carefully: "I think it's-ex- tremely doubtful, but we'll ask the doctor. He ought to be along any moment"
 Better sit down. my dear," urged Professor Lowe. Let me take your things. Here, this seems comfortable" He glanced about him and shook his head. Jane certainly hasn't arranged her home in her Aunt Rosa's tradition
 He looked with amazement at the room which Jane had done in the first high wave of Teutonic modernism, with horizontal striped walls, furniture of flat wood and bent silvered pipes, zebra skin cushions, and on one wall q large painting in the style of Picasso's early distractions, in which man. ------------------------ n IT.. KTN STNI