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Chapter 35

           

           ButtheGilpinshadnotelephone,andsinceheneverventuredtocallatherroomduringthedayandheneverpermittedhertocallhimatMrs.Peyton’s,hisplaninthisinstancewastopassbythefollowingmorningbeforework.Ifshewereallright,thetwofrontshadeswouldberaisedtothetop;ifnot,thenloweredtothecenter.InthatcasehewoulddepartforSchenectadyatonce,telephoningMr.Liggettthathehadsomeoutsidedutiestoperform.

           Justthesame,bothwereterriblydepressedandfearfulastowhatthisshouldmeanforeachofthem.Clydecouldnotquiteassurehimselfthat,intheeventthatRobertawasnotextricated,hewouldbeabletoescapewithoutindemnifyingherinsomeformwhichmightnotmeanjusttemporaryeffortstoaidher,butsomethingmoremarriage,possiblysincealreadyshehadremindedhimthathehadpromisedtoseeherthrough.Butwhathadhereallymeantbythatatthetimethathesaidit,henowaskedhimself.Notmarriage,mostcertainly,sincehisthoughtwasnotthathehadeverwantedtomarryher,butratherjusttoplaywithherhappilyinlove,although,ashewellknew,shehadnosuchconceptionofhiseagermoodatthattime.Hewascompelledtoadmittohimselfthatshehadprobablythoughthisintentionsweremoreseriousorshewouldnothavesubmittedtohimatall.

           Butreachinghome,andafterwritingandmailingthelettertoRatterer,Clydepassedatroublednight.

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