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 Mrs. Rolles laughed. "Why, you are conscientious about your pupils," she said. The words stabbed him like a knife.

Miss Curtis's report was vague—Elise was overtired and had gone to bed. Miss Hayes had moved her into the infirmary so that she should not be disturbed by Sally.

He took his guests to the cottage then, and Susie sat down at once in the great blue arm-chair, where he always pictured her sitting. He looked at her pale hair against the dark velvet, but the actuality did not give him the pleasure which the dream had never failed to bring.