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inches. His voice was quietly
authoritative.
Madame Hubert has had a
severe nervous attack, followed
by a swoon," he said to the
alarmed manager. I'm the
physician in charge. We are
going to move her home as soon
as possible. There will be no
further noise"
He shut off conversation by
firmly closing the door in the
mans face.
O'Hara, with his necktie
askew, returned from the kitchen
with a glass of water and knelt
to battle Madame Hubert's face
with a handkerchief. His own
countenance had an appalled,
look.
She'll be all right in a few
moments said Won Guerdon,
again at her pulse. We'll get
her home in my car"
O'Hara faced Juliet, his
broad shoulders sagging. "I feel
like the dirtiest cur on earth"
Don't apologize-you couldn't
help it," said Juliet tonelessly.
And then to Won Guerdon, "is
there any way I can help"
eyes, go into your bedroom
and stay there. And keep that
Schmidt girl out Of sight. I
don't want Madame Hubert to
see either of you here when
she RECEIVERS" Crisp military
commands
Katie herself had no sense Of
awfulness but she sensed the
shame Juliet felt. It was Katie,
not her employer, who had
been a principal actor in the
row. Her egotism expanded de-
spite her hurts and gave her a
deep draught of self-importance.
BY sheer brassinesS she had
established a public connection
with O'Hara that lost none of
its thrill because it had led
to fight.
ut was CHASTITY" said Juliet,
sitting on the edge Of the bed
and throwing the hair back from
her pale face. 1T was afraid
she'd die at any moment"
Didn't I tell her thought"
declared Katie with a glow of
pride. Can you imagine the
old devil being in love with Mr..
O'Hara! And accusing you of
coming between them! That's
what burnt me up"
you said something tonight
I didn't quite understand" she
said in q voice Of hesitation.
''You said if O'Hara loved any.
body, he loved you. Is that
true?"
did I say that?"
"You did"
"Oh, I must have been trying
to distract the old DEVILS atten.
ton from you," she said quickly.
"Can you imagine! Mutually, 7
think quite a lot Of Mr.. O'Hara
and I guess maybe he likes me
o little too. But he never has
once said anything about being
in love with me. Do you sup
pose it embarrassed him-me
saying that right out in front
Of everybody"
'"The whole affair was so
poisonous I don't want to talk
about it," Juliet declared,
weighed down with revulsion.
Lets hear no more about it,
please. You had better go on
to your bed"
Alone, she thought, too much
alone. The mere act Of going
to bed would solve nothing, yet
she undressed entirely and put
on her silk sleeping pajamaS.
Her nerves set up q venomous
crawling. In desperation, she
turned on a warm shower. The
water beat on her dry skin like
q storm and she emerged seek.
ing relaxation in the friction of
. rough towel. Gradually she
was becoming wider and wider
awake.
Completely without clothes
and with her slender body in
o pink glow from the rub, she
went to the telephone beside
her bed and picked it UP.
CHAPTER XXXIV
Juliet'S voice, to the operator,
was, with an effort, cool and
mistaken. Instinctively it was
in her character to present.
even if anonymously, a poised
exterior.
"Get me Mr.. Herman Colt
lieb in New York at the War
wick Hotel, please"
Hello, hello. How are YOU
What's up?"
Hello, Mr.. Gottlieb. Sorry to
disturb you, but I'm a little up
set. No, not i'll. It's Madame
Hubert. She's on rampage.
She created a scene tonight over
O'Hara. Says she loves him.
Yes, it's ridiculous. She's gone
completely haywire, I'm afraid.
Says she's going to throw us all
out Of the Institute and take it
back herself. Yes, I'll talk to
your lawyer first thing. No, I
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