Chapter 46

           AndthenatnoononTuesday,Julysixth,thestationplatformoftherailroadrunningfromFondatoUtica,withRobertasteppingdownfromthetrainwhichcamesouthfromBiltztoawaitClyde,forthetrainthatwastotakethemtoUticawasnotdueforanotherhalfhour.AndfifteenminuteslaterClydehimselfcomingfromasidestreetandapproachingthestationfromthesouth,fromwhichpositionRobertacouldnotseehimbutfromwhere,afterturningthewestcornerofthedepotandstationinghimselfbehindapileofcrates,hecouldseeher.Howthinandpaleindeed!BycontrastwithSondra,howilly-dressedinthebluetravelingsuitandsmallbrownhatwithwhichshehadequippedherselfforthisoccasionthepromiseofarestrictedanddifficultlifeascontrastedwiththatofferedbySondra.AndshewasthinkingofcompellinghimtogiveupSondrainordertomarryher,andfromwhichunionhemightneverbeabletoextricatehimselfuntilsuchtimeaswouldmakeSondraandallsherepresentedamererecollection.ThedifferencebetweentheattitudesofthesetwogirlsSondrawitheverythingofferingallaskingnothingofhim;Roberta,withnothing,askingall.

           AfeelingofdarkandbitterresentmentsweptoverhimandhecouldnothelpbutfeelsympathetictowardthatunknownmanatPassLakeandsecretlywishthathehadbeensuccessful.Perhapshe,too,hadbeenconfrontedbyasituationjustlikethis.Andperhapshehaddoneright,too,afterall,andthatwaswhyithadnotbeenfoundout.Hisnervestwitched.

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