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 I know. You must rest, and have something to eat before another journey, even a very short one, for you've scarcely touched anything to-day, and you begin to look white as a ghost. I will take you to Brown's, and then consult a friend about staying the night, or going on. Afterward I can telephone Maud, one way or the other, to White Fields, and if necessary, we can go down by the nine-fifty train."

"Why should it be necessary, dear Miss Ricardo?" Nora complained. But Terry did not answer.

They went straight to Brown's, and as Nora refused to dine without Terry, they had a hasty dinner immediately on arriving in a private sitting-room which Miss Ricardo engaged. There she left the girl surrounded with all the "extras" and "extra specials" obtainable, while she flashed off to Charles Street in a taxicab.