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Rh “He is delicate, I suppose?”

She laughed.

“He’s six feet and over, wide and strong as a battleship.”

“And he expects you to support him?”

“No. He protests, but you see I took a sort of advantage of him when I married him. He didn’t want to marry me.”

“You are a most extraordinary young woman,” remarked Mr. Strong.

“Oh, no, I am usual enough. I help Jarvis with his plays, and what I say seems to have sense. Do you know?”

“I do.”

“So just for fun I wrote the story, and just for fun I sent it to your contest.”

“Well, just for fun we gave you the prize.”

She laughed.

“We want a whole series of tales about that girl. She’s new.”

“How many is a series?”

“Oh, eight or ten, if you have material enough.”

“Oh, yes, I live—I mean I get material all the time.”

“What do you want for them?”