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"Georgie" "Georgie! I haven't the least idea where it is. William must have—but William doesn't understand it, does he?"

"William,"said Georgie, shortly, "swears he has not been inside the coach-house since he was there with me. And, as you say, he could no more manage the Scarlet Runner than he could fly. No one can, except you—and I almost wish I hadn't taught you now!"

"But Georgie—"

"The time," Georgie remarked moodily, "is going. It generally does. I shall have to go off without breakfast as it is, and I'm half famished. Give it up, Diana. It isn't a funny joke."

Diana swallowed a lump in her throat.

"I am not much inclined for jokes this morning," said she quietly. "I have not seen your motor. I know nothing at all about it. I'll go out and speak to William."

William, leaning for support against the coach-house door, shook his head feebly.

"I wouldn't touch one o' them hinformal 174