The Washington times., 1937-03-22

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What would he or she do with
out any money? Certainly he was
not specially equipped to earn
any, in an era when even the
cleverest people had difficulties.
She could not think of anything he
could earn money at, except, per
hapS, starting riding school. Be
sides, he adored his people, those
people with whom she had spent
so many long, long holidays. He
was being loyal to her. When he
got over that, his people would
even respect him for having been,
Loyalty to ones wife was after
all q proper" emotion. Poor
darling, he did try so.
Well, he'd be better off when
she was gone. When everything
was over, he'd face it, because he
was not lacking in courage; only
he had loved her too much to have
any sense of proportion in her
presence, about what had hap
pened to them.
But being done with him was one
thing, and facing the next year of
her life alone was another. Keith
had to see her through. The New
York in which they moved was a
liberal city: If she married Keith,
no one would care very much
about the precise details of that
Virginia weekend. But if she
didn't,-particularly because Eus-
tace's family were powerful, and
Eustace himself oddly popular
she would have as bad a time as
possible.
What she felt about him in any
thing but the necessary role of
rescuer, she didn't know! She felt
too i'll and too worried about her
face, which seemed to her rather
like a mask of what her face had
been. And no one ever said any
thing about any change in her
looks, which proved more or less
that the change was pretty seri-
Gus,
Felicia had no letter, no tele-
phone message. nothing at all from
Keith during the weeks of her con-
valescenCe. At first that did not
trouble her, while she supposed he
was convalescing too. But she be-
gan to be frantic when less than
a week remained before her sail
ing date.
Two days before she sailed with
her parents, she had moved to
their house. Eustace had driven
her that short distance in silence.
She knew and thought he knew,
that there was no chance she
would ever return TO share any
house with him, or anything at all
any more. But they did not men
ton that. Only at the door of her
fathers house she said: You're
coming in. of course?"
Her husband said: Il think
not"
Townes was taking her hand
luggage out of the roadster. Her
trunks had been sent over earlier.
While TowneS moved about, she
fumbled for something to say.
On a June day something like
this one, they'd left her fathers
house, in shower of rice and felic-
itations, for their honeymoon four
years ago. She hadn't loved him
even then, but she had liked him.
This was dismal end to that gay
beginning. But she could not say
that.
Eustace got out of the roadster,
opened the door beside her. and
helped her out into the sunny
quiet street His face was more
expresslonless than that accident
had made hers, He would not
thank her for saying anything
that might break him!
He said: Il sha'n't go to the
boat, Felicia. Therell be reporters
and too many people generally" )"
AS you wish, Eustace."
Have a nice summer, and give
my best to Denise and Gilbert"
"A house on the Sussex downs
sounds dull as possible, but III get
a good rest and feel more like my
self"
That's the idea"
"Eustace-I'm-Im sorrv."
He ignored that as if she had
not said it. IF you want me,
Felicia. send for me. l can still
manage passage money" His