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He saw Peg only four or five times in as many months, and Cecily he did not see at all. Through Peg and Johnny, who had evidently adopted her as one of their intimates, he kept track of her goings and comings. She was at Palm Beach with her parents. No, she wasn't married yet, but Bill Burnholme had followed her down there. . . . She was back from Palm Beach and would sail for Europe in two weeks. (During those two weeks he telephoned twice "just to say hello," but did not find her in.). . . She was in Europe. She was having a wonderful time. Her letters, Peg said, spoke enthusiastically of some young French count she had met at Deauville. She expected to return to the States the last of May. . . . She had returned, and was visiting friends in Cleveland. No, she wasn't married yet. No, nobody knew when she intended to be married. Yes, Bill Burnholme was still reported to be slavishly attentive. One never knew, of course. ..

In June Johnny began to talk vacation plans to Jock.

They were lunching one day, as they often did, at a little café across the alley from the Log office where the sandwiches were ready to serve and the beer as "near" as could be expected. And Johnny said thickly, through a mouthful, "When you gonna take your vacation?"

"I don't rate one. I've only worked four months and a half."

"Sure you rate one! May, be only four months and a half, but you've worked harder than any other six men do in a year! Don't think the old man doesn't