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 had been thinking the same thing, but lacked the courage to initiate the remark. And at this moment Sally appeared at the door

"Please, Miss Curtis, you're wanted on the long-distance telephone," she said. "And the operator says to be sure to use the switch in the pantry, as she would have to disconnect you if you used any other." Miss Curtis looked wistfully at the telephone standing so conveniently on her desk.

"How very strange!" she said.

"Isn't it!" said Sally, cordially, and managed to carry her point.

"Elise," said the accountant, passionately, as soon as they were alone, "you must never go to that man's office alone like that—never. You don't know how it looked when I found you there—in his arms."

"George!" said Elise. "How dare you say such a thing, when it was the way you opened the door that nearly knocked me down. Mr. Bevans was only trying to—"

"Nonsense!" cried George. "That had nothing to do with his liking it. My point is he liked having you in his arms. Who wouldn't!"

Elise looked down, and then in a voice hardly audible said: "How could you