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she had accepted tnelT CeFOJlOn as
a matter Of course, but none Of them
had employed the vocabulary Of the
hnesse Of the dark-eyed inferno.
Shyly at first. scarcely daring to
believe in her own good fortune, she
had listened 70 his protestations.
Her reticence and mOdesty combined
with her charm. famed his first cas-
ual interest into a blaze both tried
70 conceal Their manner was re-
strained. their voices professional
Only an occasional dizzy glance
from infatuated eyes betrayed them.
Pete Evans was the first 10 suspect
the truth but she said nothing until
the week before graduation when
Irene admitted it to her.
Irene had been amused at Pete's
response.
I'm very sorry for you" she said
You needn't be-" the other girl
smiled He wants me to marry
him"
Pete's hard blue eyes narrowed.
"When2"
Just as soon as I'm out Of train
ing He had a small income you
know, from his fathers estate"
You'd give up your nursing?"
of counsel"
1t won't work" Pete insisted.
He'll make you the worlds worst
husband"
III take a chance on that" Irene
had answered serenely.
The fact that their love was Sc
cret seemed to make it the more
sweet. Their meetings away from
the hospital were necessarily infre-
quent, but they were thrown to-
gether almost every day by their
work. And one Sunday Irene had
invited him to dinner in her crowded
Ittle home on 33rd-av Her father
and mother and 20-year-Old brother
Sam accepted him as If he were any
other admirer. but her younger sis
ter Betty saw him in a more CLAM
OrOus light
Hes wonderful" Betty sighed
SO dark and masterful looking He
seems more like a movie actor than
a doctor"
From the pinnacle Of her own p
years Betty seemed like a child. but
Irene knew it was the highest COM
pliment the 18-year-Old girl could
have paid him.
Memories Of that happy Sunday
and many others crowded through
Irene's mind on the morning of her
graduation but al we're stamped
with Bartlett'S image. Even as she
crossed the platform Of the hospital
chapel to receive her diploma. she
was remembering his words when
they had passed in the corridor the
day before.
I'm going TO break a dinner en-
at DR.. Reagan'S tOmOr- /
row so that L can spend the eve
ming with yOu." he had whispered /
DR.. Stephen Reagan was one of |
the most prominent surgeons in San /
Francisco. II proved how impor-
tant Bartlett was becoming that he |
had been invited there so many |
times this spring.
ming together had cOlored her whole |
day Back of everything she had |
said or thought or done, as she re- |
ceived congratulations and packed |
her clothes to return to her home, |
ran the swift sweet current of her
love.
that she had graduated |
~ there would be no reason for |
cOncealing their plans. She would |
have a couple of months at home |
to rest and accumulate a trousSeau !
before Bart completed his three |
years interneship in July. He had |
promised to take her to Yosemite |
on their honeymoon.
She had not admitted to her FAM
ily that their relationship was more |
than that Of friends. until late that |
afternoon. while waiting for Bart |
lett TO arrive, when she told her
mother.
1t seems too bad to have worked |
so hard to finish your training and /
then not use it." Elizabeth Gard
ner argued.
But 1 will be using it in a differ
ent way" Irene reminded her. As /
his wife I will be using it all the
time. You ought to be pleased that /
one OF your daughters has a chance
to marry a man like Bartlett Rails
ton"
My daughters are good enough |
to marry any man living" Elizabeth
had retOrted. And you'd better not
make any definite plans until you've
talked 10 your father"
Irene laughed. Robert Gardner
might be a coldblOOded freight So
licitOr to the rest of the world. but
he was like putty in his older
daughters hands.
III let Bart do that" she said.
busting her smooth olive skin with |
a powder puff from the green and
gold toilet set Bartlett had given
her for a graduation gift.
Afterward it sickened her to recall !
the elaborate preparations she had !