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 She nodded vigorously.

"But say it, Peggy—dear."

After a moment, "You're to … go," she said. "Oh, please, please don't make it any harder!"

"Then it is hard, Peggy?"

There was no answer.

"Well, I will go," he said after a moment, "for a little while, Peggy."

"But—you said," she faltered.

"That I'd—leave you alone?" he asked with a little laugh. "Yes, but you were to tell me you didn't care, dear."

"I did!"

"No." He shook his head. "The words said it; Peggy, but your eyes—Shall I tell you what your eyes said?" Again there was no reply. He laughed softly, triumphantly.

"If you must go, Peggy, go. I won't keep you any longer. But you must tell me first where I am to see you again, and when."

"No, this is good-by."

"It is not good-by. There can be no good-by between us, Peggy-in-the-Rain! To-night at