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ever seen. But one thing troubled him, and that only dimly; the mouth drooped a little at the ends of the sweet red lips as he had once seen a child's mouth droop during a moment of sorrow. The general expression of the girl's face was one of tender gravity that Miles thought adorable, but the pathos of the drooping lips disturbed him. He wondered whether she was unhappy. It might be; he knew nothing of her beyond her name and profession. Perhaps—and there was a sudden dismal sinking of his heart at thought of the possibility—perhaps she had had an unfortunate love affair! At twenty-two—and he judged her to be of that age—it is possible to have experienced both love and disappointment. The thought aroused in him both an absurd jealousy and an equally absurd desire to