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           IfIenjoygoingaroundtellingpeopleguilelesslythatIthinkI’magenius,letmedoit."

           "You’regettingareputationforbeingeccentric,"saidAlec,laughing,"ifthat’swhatyoumean."

           Amoryfinallyprevailed,andAlecagreedtoaccepthisfacevalueinthepresenceofothersifhewasallowedrestperiodswhentheywerealone;soAmory"ranitout"atagreatrate,bringingthemosteccentriccharacterstodinner,wild-eyedgradstudents,preceptorswithstrangetheoriesofGodandgovernment,tothecynicalamazementofthesuperciliousCottageClub.

           AsFebruarybecameslashedbysunandmovedcheerfullyintoMarch,Amorywentseveraltimestospendweek-endswithMonsignor;oncehetookBurne,withgreatsuccess,forhetookequalprideanddelightindisplayingthemtoeachother.MonsignortookhimseveraltimestoseeThorntonHancock,andonceortwicetothehouseofaMrs.Lawrence,atypeofRome-hauntingAmericanwhomAmorylikedimmediately.

           ThenonedaycamealetterfromMonsignor,whichappendedaninterestingP.S.:

           "Doyouknow,"itran,"thatyourthirdcousin,ClaraPage,

           widowedsixmonthsandverypoor,islivinginPhiladelphia?

           Idon’tthinkyou’veevermether,butIwish,asafavortome,

           you’dgotoseeher.Tomymind,she’sratheraremarkablewoman,

           andjustaboutyourage."

           Amorysighedanddecidedtogo,asafavor....

           CLARA

           Shewasimmemorial....Amorywasn’tgoodenoughforClara,Claraofripplygoldenhair,butthennomanwas.