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 "How wonderful! A honeymoon abroad. Oh, Goody."

"Take Professor Armstrong and bring him over."

Louise dropped her head but said nothing. There was a suspicious bulge on a finger of her left hard, however, which both Bennet and Lida noticed. A handshake for Bennet and a kiss for Lida and the girl was gone. Bennet and Lida lost no time getting to a hotel and making arrangements for their trip abroad.

As they passed the Statue of Liberty, Lida and Bennet were standing on the afterdeck with a group watching the shores of America fade from view. All the fellow voyagers were waving handkerchiefs, or blowing kisses to their native land and the image of Miss Columbia. Bennet, hat in hand, stood facing the statue, a peculiar tug at his heart. He looked to see how Lida was affected. She was still, but not looking toward the statue at all. He was surprised.

"Aren't you going to say good-bye to Columbia?"

"No, why should I? Look how much trouble she's made for us?"

Bennet shook his head as, before all the group, he took his wife gently in his arms. "You shouldn't say that, Dear. Matters not what troubles we have, this is our country—our birthplace—our native land. However, cruel and hurtful, it is our land just the same." He folded her in his arms.