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"
Why
,
what
is
it
,
Bert
?
Why
do
n't
you
tell
me
?
"
he
reiterated
,
briskly
and
yet
cautiously
,
essaying
an
air
of
detached
assurance
which
he
could
not
quite
manage
in
this
instance
.
"
What
's
wrong
?
What
are
you
so
excited
about
?
You
're
all
trembly
.
"
Because
of
the
fact
that
never
before
in
all
his
life
had
he
been
confronted
by
any
such
predicament
as
this
,
it
did
not
even
now
occur
to
him
just
what
the
true
difficulty
could
be
.
At
the
same
time
,
being
rather
estranged
and
hence
embarrassed
by
his
recent
treatment
of
her
,
he
was
puzzled
as
to
just
what
attitude
to
assume
in
a
situation
where
obviously
something
was
wrong
.
Being
sensitive
to
conventional
or
moral
stimuli
as
he
still
was
,
he
could
not
quite
achieve
a
discreditable
thing
,
even
where
his
own
highest
ambitions
were
involved
,
without
a
measure
of
regret
or
at
least
shame
.
Also
he
was
so
anxious
to
keep
his
dinner
engagement
and
not
to
be
further
involved
that
his
manner
was
impatient
.
It
did
not
escape
Roberta
.
"
You
know
,
Clyde
,
"
she
pleaded
,
both
earnestly
and
eagerly
,
the
very
difficulty
of
her
state
encouraging
her
to
be
bold
and
demanding
,
"
you
said
if
anything
went
wrong
you
'd
help
me
.
"
At
once
,
because
of
those
recent
few
and
,
as
he
now
saw
them
,
foolish
visits
to
her
room
,
on
which
occasions
because
of
some
remaining
sentiment
and
desire
on
the
part
of
both
he
had
been
betrayed
into
sporadic
and
decidedly
unwise
physical
relations
with
her
,
he
now
realized
what
the
difficulty
was
.
And
that
it
was
a
severe
,
compelling
,
dangerous
difficulty
,
if
it
were
true
.
Also
that
he
was
to
blame
and
that
here
was
a
real
predicament
that
must
be
overcome
,
and
that
quickly
,
unless
a
still
greater
danger
was
to
be
faced
.
Yet
,
simultaneously
,
his
very
recent
and
yet
decidedly
compelling
indifference
dictating
,
he
was
almost
ready
now
to
assume
that
this
might
be
little
more
than
a
ruse
or
lovelorn
device
or
bit
of
strategy
intended
to
retain
or
reenlist
his
interest
in
spite
of
himself
--
a
thought
which
he
was
only
in
part
ready
to
harbor
.
Her
manner
was
too
dejected
and
despairing
.
And
with
the
first
dim
realization
of
how
disastrous
such
a
complication
as
this
might
prove
to
be
in
his
case
,
he
began
to
be
somewhat
more
alarmed
than
irritated
.
So
much
so
that
he
exclaimed
:
"
Yes
,
but
how
do
you
know
that
there
is
anything
wrong
?
You
ca
n't
be
sure
so
soon
as
all
this
,
can
you
?
How
can
you
?
You
'll
probably
be
all
right
to-morrow
,
wo
n't
you
?
"
At
the
same
time
his
voice
was
beginning
to
suggest
the
uncertainty
that
he
felt
.
"
Oh
,
no
,
I
do
n't
think
so
,
Clyde
.
I
wish
I
did
.
It
's
two
whole
days
,
and
it
's
never
been
that
way
before
.
"
Her
manner
as
she
said
this
was
so
obviously
dejected
and
self
-
commiserating
that
at
once
he
was
compelled
to
dismiss
the
thought
of
intrigue
.
At
the
same
time
,
unwilling
to
face
so
discouraging
a
fact
so
soon
,
he
added
:
"
Oh
,
well
,
that
might
not
mean
anything
,
either
.
Girls
go
longer
than
two
days
,
do
n't
they
?
"
The
tone
,
implying
as
it
did
uncertainty
and
non-sophistication
even
,
which
previously
had
not
appeared
characteristic
of
him
,
was
sufficient
to
alarm
Roberta
to
the
point
where
she
exclaimed
:
"
Oh
,
no
,
I
do
n't
think
so
.
