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He
laughed
genially
,
the
while
Roberta
gazed
at
him
,
unable
to
associate
his
present
casual
attitude
with
his
former
passion
and
deep
solicitude
.
His
former
passion
!
And
now
this
!
And
yet
,
under
the
circumstances
,
being
truly
grateful
,
she
now
smiled
cordially
and
he
the
same
.
Yet
,
seeing
him
go
out
,
the
door
close
,
and
no
endearing
demonstrations
of
any
kind
having
been
exchanged
between
them
,
she
returned
to
her
bed
,
shaking
her
head
dubiously
.
For
,
supposing
that
this
remedy
did
not
work
after
all
?
And
he
continued
in
this
same
casual
and
remote
attitude
toward
her
?
Then
what
?
For
unless
this
remedy
proved
effectual
,
he
might
still
be
so
indifferent
that
he
might
not
want
to
help
her
long
--
or
would
he
?
Could
he
do
that
,
really
?
He
was
the
one
who
had
brought
her
to
this
difficulty
,
and
against
her
will
,
and
he
had
so
definitely
assured
her
that
nothing
would
happen
.
And
now
she
must
lie
here
alone
and
worry
,
not
a
single
person
to
turn
to
,
except
him
,
and
he
was
leaving
her
for
others
with
the
assurance
that
she
would
be
all
right
.
And
he
had
caused
it
all
!
Was
this
quite
right
?
"
Oh
,
Clyde
!
Clyde
!
"
But
the
remedy
he
purchased
failed
to
work
.
And
because
of
nausea
and
his
advice
she
had
not
gone
to
the
factory
,
but
lay
about
worrying
.
But
,
no
saving
result
appearing
,
she
began
to
take
two
pills
every
hour
instead
of
one
--
eager
at
any
cost
to
escape
the
fate
which
seemingly
had
overtaken
her
.
And
this
made
her
exceedingly
sick
--
so
much
so
that
when
Clyde
arrived
at
six-thirty
he
was
really
moved
by
her
deathly
white
face
,
drawn
cheeks
and
large
and
nervous
eyes
,
the
pupils
of
which
were
unduly
dilated
.
Obviously
she
was
facing
a
crisis
,
and
because
of
him
,
and
,
while
it
frightened
,
at
the
same
time
it
made
him
sorry
for
her
.
Still
,
so
confused
and
perplexed
was
he
by
the
problem
which
her
unchanged
state
presented
to
him
that
his
mind
now
leaped
forward
to
the
various
phases
and
eventualities
of
such
a
failure
as
this
.
The
need
of
additional
advice
or
service
of
some
physician
somewhere
!
But
where
and
how
and
who
?
And
besides
,
as
he
now
asked
himself
,
where
was
he
to
obtain
the
money
in
any
such
event
?
Plainly
in
view
of
no
other
inspiration
it
was
necessary
for
him
to
return
to
the
druggist
at
once
and
there
inquire
if
there
was
anything
else
--
some
other
drug
or
some
other
thing
that
one
might
do
.
Or
if
not
that
,
then
some
low-priced
shady
doctor
somewhere
,
who
,
for
a
small
fee
,
or
a
promise
of
payments
on
time
,
would
help
in
this
case
.
Yet
even
though
this
other
matter
was
so
important
--
tragic
almost
--
once
outside
his
spirits
lifted
slightly
.
For
he
now
recalled
that
he
had
an
appointment
with
Sondra
at
the
Cranstons
'
,
where
at
nine
he
and
she
,
along
with
a
number
of
others
,
were
to
meet
and
play
about
as
usual
--
a
party
.
Yet
once
at
the
Cranstons
'
,
and
despite
the
keen
allurement
of
Sondra
,
he
could
not
keep
his
mind
off
Roberta
's
state
,
which
rose
before
him
as
a
specter
.
Supposing
now
any
one
of
those
whom
he
found
gathered
here
--
Nadine
Harriet
,
Perley
Haynes
,
Violet
Taylor
,
Jill
Trumbull
,
Bella
,
Bertine
,
and
Sondra
,
should
gain
the
least
inkling
of
the
scene
he
had
just
witnessed
?
In
spite
of
Sondra
at
the
piano
throwing
him
a
welcoming
smile
over
her
shoulder
as
he
entered
,
his
thoughts
were
on
Roberta
.
He
must
go
around
there
again
after
this
was
over
,
to
see
how
she
was
and
so
relieve
his
own
mind
in
case
she
were
better
.
In
case
she
was
not
,
he
must
write
to
Ratterer
at
once
for
advice
.
In
spite
of
his
distress
he
was
trying
to
appear
as
gay
and
unconcerned
as
ever
--
dancing
first
with
Perley
Haynes
and
then
with
Nadine
and
finally
,
while
waiting
for
a
chance
to
dance
with
Sondra
,
he
approached
a
group
who
were
trying
to
help
Vanda
Steele
solve
a
new
scenery
puzzle
and
asserted
that
he
could
read
messages
written
on
paper
and
sealed
in
envelopes
(
the
old
serial
letter
trick
which
he
had
found
explained
in
an
ancient
book
of
parlor
tricks
discovered
on
a
shelf
at
the
Peytons
'
)
.
It
had
been
his
plan
to
use
it
before
in
order
to
give
himself
an
air
of
ease
and
cleverness
,
but
to-night
he
was
using
it
to
take
his
mind
off
the
greater
problem
that
was
weighing
on
him
.
And
,
although
with
the
aid
of
Nadine
Harriet
,
whom
he
took
into
his
confidence
,
he
succeeded
in
thoroughly
mystifying
the
others
,
still
his
mind
was
not
quite
on
it
.
Roberta
was
always
there
.
Supposing
something
should
really
be
wrong
with
her
and
he
could
not
get
her
out
of
it
.
She
might
even
expect
him
to
marry
her
,
so
fearful
was
she
of
her
parents
and
people
.
What
would
he
do
then
?
He
would
lose
the
beautiful
Sondra
and
she
might
even
come
to
know
how
and
why
he
had
lost
her
.
But
that
would
be
wild
of
Roberta
to
expect
him
to
do
that
.
He
would
not
do
it
.
He
could
not
do
it
.
One
thing
was
certain
.
He
must
get
her
out
of
this
.
He
must
!
But
how
?
How
?
And
although
at
twelve
o'clock
Sondra
signaled
that
she
was
ready
to
go
and
that
if
he
chose
he
might
accompany
her
to
her
door
(
and
even
stop
in
for
a
few
moments
)
and
although
once
there
,
in
the
shade
of
a
pergola
which
ornamented
the
front
gate
,
she
had
allowed
him
to
kiss
her
and
told
him
that
she
was
beginning
to
think
he
was
the
nicest
ever
and
that
the
following
spring
when
the
family
moved
to
Twelfth
Lake
she
was
going
to
see
if
she
could
n't
think
of
some
way
by
which
she
could
arrange
to
have
him
there
over
week-ends
,
still
,
because
of
this
pressing
problem
in
connection
with
Roberta
,
Clyde
was
so
worried
that
he
was
not
able
to
completely
enjoy
this
new
and
to
him
exquisitely
thrilling
demonstration
of
affection
on
her
part
--
this
new
and
amazing
social
and
emotional
victory
of
his
.
