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explained. We're close in. in an
apartment"
III drive you home" Ronnie
said shortly. You can't carry that
big package around on street car"
Dana relinquished the package
with sigh of relief. She had been
foolish to try to bring things home.
making herself look ridiculous TO
their friends well, to ROnnie.
It was nice. too, TO sink luXuri-
GusIy into the low scat of Rom
MES roadster. As she did she no.
ticed a girl in another car, wait
ing to pull into the space they
were leaving. Paula Long, Paula,
her face white and drawn. look
ing i'll. Their glanceS met. Paula
was staring at Dana with
strange intensity that somehow
made the other girl feel cold in
side Then Paula smiled and
nodded Chcerfuliy.
Ronnie said dryly: You prob
ably know that Paula isn't feeling
any too kindly toward you right
now"
Dana said slowly. I'd hate to
have her dislike me-"
so would IT, Ronnie said, with
a different infection.
DAULA was i'll Ever since she
4 had heard the news of SCOTS
marriage life had become meaning
less. something merely to be en-
dured.
For years Scott had been the one
person Paula really cared about.
Their friendship had begun in high
school. Scott, with his flashing,
comprehensive mind, and the quick
Witted humorous Paula had found
much in common. Then she had
gone away to school and he had
entered college. They had carried
on a more or less spaSmodic corr
respondence. the tagging in letter.
writing mostly on SCOTS side.
When Scott was deep in his Sec
Ond year of medical training Paula
had taken an apartment in the
same city, oStensibly for the pur-
pose of studying art. She had man
aged to crowd in quite a bit Of
seeing Scott between sketching
expeditions. Later, when he was
interning, she had found it impor-
tant to be in New York. All this
had been SO cleverly and subtly
managed he had never dreamed
that the friendship that had dubbed
under high school walls had long
since blossomed for Paula into an
abiding and devastating passion.
The morning after SCOTS mar
riage Paula received a telephone
call. She was lying in bed-a lacy
froth of pillows at her back, her
vivid red hair loosened and falling
in shoulder length about her thin.
interesting face.
Charlotte, the elderly housekeep-
er, answered the call.
Tell then to ring back later,
Carlo" Paula said, calling the wom-
an who had been maid and mother
to her by the name she had given
her as a small child.
Charlotte turned with a hand
over the mouthpiece: It's Miss
Dorothy. She says it's important
something about Mr.. Scott"
Paula reached for the phone
quickly.
DOROTHY MOTIONS voice
- came to her, amused: Il knew
that would bring you. Weren't you
surprised? We all were. I tried to
talk to you last night but your
phone was down"
Il had one Of those horrible head
aches" Paula said. Her voice was
leaden, with a premoniton of what
what was to come. "WhaI are you
talking about, anyway"
Surely you know about SCOTS
marriage"
SCOTS marriage SCOTS mar
riage. The words burned into her
brain.
NO, SAID Paula DULY.
you haven't seen the papers? 1t
was in last nights final edition"
L hadn't heard"
Gracious, I'm sorry to break the
bad news I had no idea"
Paula had mustered her reserves.
She managed a laugh. so SCOTS
taken the leap! That's like him.
OF course it's Dana-and she's get
ting prince. But then he's lucky,
too"
Unerring intuition prompted
her. 1t seemed to Paula that she
had always known this was COM
ing. Ever since the day she had
seen Dana with her strangely
beautiful blue green eyes looking
down at Scott.
Ito Be Continued)