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Rh go back and report. So I did," said Robert simply.

"Are you glad to come now?"

"I should n't be here if I was n't," laughed Robert.

"Robert Dorlon, if you had stopped then, I should not have been glad to see you at all. You had no business to stop then."

"Are you glad to see me now?" he inquired.

The warm-hearted girl impulsively held forth her hand, and Robert had no question as to his welcome.