The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-27
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
THE headlights OF Stanley Mer-
Il ser's car. cutting through the
mist. picked out the figure Of a
man against the stone wall.
Violet put her hand over her
mouth 20 stifle an exclamation Of
terror. purely involuntary. This
zas a lonely place. They had been
told so. early and often, BY many
Of their friends. but they had never
before seen loiterers about.
Stanley pulled into the driveway
and opened the door at his left.
The man came toward them brisk
ly. Violet saw IL was Michael.
She introduced the two men
briefly.
May I talk TO you for a mo-
ment?" Michael asked. He added
that he knew 1t was late, but the
matter was urgent.
of course" Violet led the way
into the chintZ-hung sitting room,
switching on lights as she went.
Stanley. with a muttered excuse,
left them together.
You know where Katharine is?"
Michael made it more of a state
ment that a question. Violet glanced
az him uneaSily. Really, she
thought. this was a difficult spot to
be in. She knew the girl had left
Innicock to forget him. Only this
afternoon she had heard that he
was 10 be married to Sally Moon
very shortly. What was she TO do?
4 called her house. Her step
mother hung up on me-" Michael
explained gravely. Violet, as al
ways. felt a little thrill of anger
toward Berthe So much of this
mischief could be laid at her door.
That thoroughly SNUG, good wo-
man.
Katharine asked me not to give
out her address," Violet said. fenc-
ing for a time. IF Stan would only
come back into the room; she bad
IL needed his moral support at the
mOmentl
She had liked this boy at first.
There was something appealing
about his lean fineneSS. the way his
eyes were set deeply IN his sun
Drowned face. And the hand that
held the Cigaret was a good one,
strong and well-muscled. the fingers
slender and nervous. But you
couldn't tell much about a person
by looking at his face and hands. 1t
was nonsense to say you could.
Good Lord blurted Michael, in
the silence. She's only my wife
didn't YOU know that? l thought,
I. perhaps. she'd told YOU"
Violet stared. stung into speech
by the direct attack. She did. But
YOU didn't acknowledge it. She
thought you had played a CHASTITY
trick on her"
That's why she left?"
Mainly" Violet said rather an
grily. The man was either a con-
summate actor or else he was sin
cere. But when she had told Stan
ley and ArianSOn her theory of his
possible loss of memory. a week or
two before, they had laughed at her.
AdrianSOn was preparing the an
nulment papers at the moment.
She must think me a thorough
rotter." Michael groaned.
I'm afraid she does" Men, Vio-
let reflected. ought 10 pay a little
for their treatment of women.
LIE looked at her. I didn't re-
II member a thing" he told her
simply. You knew-and didn't she
hear it?-that I was hurt in a taxi
ACCIDENT"
we did. But it didn't sound
4 serious. She called the hospital
and was told you we're getting on
all right. Then you came home,
and neither telephoned nor tried to
see her. one DAY you passed her
on the street without speaking"
I dido"
You did" Violet said, steeling
herself against the impulse to COM
fort the boy. He put his head into
I his hands and groaned. Stanley
came back into the room.
We we're going through re-
I hearsal tonight" Michael went on.
glancing from one 10 the other. Il
was TO marry Sally Moon. Some
/ one said the words Of the ceremony
I more as a joke than anything. I
. felt as though I'd been struck by
+ lightning. The whole thing came
back 10 me"
Violet looked accusingly at her
husband. L told you SOL"
Lucky it happened in time,
Stanley drawled. You'd have been
in a pretty fix"
DO YOU think I don't realize
it," Michael wanted to know. 4
meant that night I went TO New
York TO have the whole matter OF