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Rh man who has seen a great danger averted. It had scarcely died away before Tony Bream returned. He came in from the hall as eagerly as he had gone out, and, finding Paul, gave him his news: "Well—I took her home."

Paul required a minute to carry his thoughts back to Gorham. "Oh, she went quietly?"

"Like a bleating lamb. She's too glad to stay on."

Paul turned this over; but as if his confidence now had solid ground he asked no question. "Ah, you're all right!" he simply said.

Tony reached the door through which Jean had left the room; he paused there in surprise at this incongruous expression. Yet there was something absent in the way he echoed "All right?"

"I mean you have such a pull. You'll meet nothing but sympathy.

Tony looked indifferent and uncertain; but his optimism finally assented. "I daresay I shall get on. People perhaps won't challenge me."

"They like you too much."