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"Georgie" mad, I think. I'm so sorry I spoke like that."

He waited, but she didn't speak.

"You see I had to catch that beastly train."

"Yes," said she quietly.

"Di, I know you only did it because you didn't want me to be hurt. I ought to have remembered it was because you were fond of me—I ought to think myself lucky you cared so much. And I do, of course, only—"

"Georgie!" She turned and looked straight at him. "Do you still think I lied to you?"

He looked surprised.

"Well," he said lightly, "a practical joke isn't exactly a lie, is it? It's all right now, dear, isn't it?"

"Not quite," said she gravely. "Do you know—did they tell you that the Scarlet Runner came back last night?"

Georgie smiled.

"Well," he said, "I rather expected it would, don't you know?" 186