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Rh it again. Angry now that he knew the boy had lied to him, Hereford got up and made his way once more into the sitting room. Here, with her wraps still on and evidently just come in, he found Lorine.

"Mr. Schimmel asked me to meet him here at this time," she explained without embarrassment. "I hardly expected to see you, as I did not think you could get up."

Hereford's realization that he loved his ward made him for the first time ill at ease in her presence. He flushed uncomfortably, as his look at her told him that she was perfectly self-possessed while he himself was not.

"You knew I was here then," he said nervously. "Perhaps you can also tell me why I am not allowed to go out—why I am locked in here?"