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This
inquiry
being
so
intimately
connected
with
the
problem
before
her
,
she
again
hesitated
before
saying
,
"
Let
me
see
--
three
months
.
"
At
once
Dr.
Glenn
became
dubious
again
,
though
he
gave
her
no
sign
.
Her
hesitancy
arrested
him
.
Why
the
uncertainty
?
He
was
wondering
now
again
whether
he
was
dealing
with
a
truthful
girl
or
whether
his
first
suspicions
were
being
substantiated
.
In
consequence
he
now
asked
:
"
Well
,
now
what
seems
to
be
the
trouble
,
Mrs.
Howard
?
You
need
have
no
hesitancy
in
telling
me
--
none
whatsoever
.
I
am
used
to
such
things
year
in
and
out
,
whatever
they
are
.
That
is
my
business
,
listening
to
the
troubles
of
people
.
"
"
Well
,
"
began
Roberta
,
nervously
once
more
,
this
terrible
confession
drying
her
throat
and
thickening
her
tongue
almost
,
while
once
more
she
turned
the
same
button
of
her
coat
and
gazed
at
the
floor
.
"
It
's
like
this
...
You
see
...
my
husband
has
n't
much
money
...
and
I
have
to
work
to
help
out
with
expenses
and
neither
of
us
make
so
very
much
.
"
(
She
was
astonishing
herself
with
her
own
shameful
power
to
lie
in
this
instance
--
she
,
who
had
always
hated
to
lie
.
)
"
So
...
of
course
...
we
ca
n't
afford
to
...
to
have
...
well
,
any
...
children
,
you
see
,
so
soon
,
anyhow
,
and
...
"
She
paused
,
her
breath
catching
,
and
really
unable
to
proceed
further
with
this
wholesale
lying
.
The
doctor
realizing
from
this
,
as
he
thought
,
what
the
true
problem
was
--
that
she
was
a
newly-married
girl
who
was
probably
faced
by
just
such
a
problem
as
she
was
attempting
to
outline
--
yet
not
wishing
to
enter
upon
any
form
of
malpractice
and
at
the
same
time
not
wishing
to
appear
too
discouraging
to
a
young
couple
just
starting
out
in
life
,
gazed
at
her
somewhat
more
sympathetically
,
the
decidedly
unfortunate
predicament
of
these
young
people
,
as
well
as
her
appropriate
modesty
in
the
face
of
such
a
conventionally
delicate
situation
,
appealing
to
him
.
It
was
too
bad
.
Young
people
these
days
did
have
a
rather
hard
time
of
it
,
getting
started
in
some
cases
,
anyhow
.
And
they
were
no
doubt
faced
by
some
pressing
financial
situations
.
Nearly
all
young
people
were
.
Nevertheless
,
this
business
of
a
contraceptal
operation
or
interference
with
the
normal
or
God-arranged
life
processes
,
well
,
that
was
a
ticklish
and
unnatural
business
at
best
which
he
wanted
as
little
as
possible
to
do
with
.
Besides
,
young
,
healthy
people
,
even
though
poor
,
when
they
undertook
marriage
,
knew
what
they
were
about
.
And
it
was
not
impossible
for
them
to
work
,
the
husband
anyhow
,
and
hence
manage
in
some
way
.
And
now
straightening
himself
around
in
his
chair
very
soberly
and
authoritatively
,
he
began
:
"
I
think
I
understand
what
you
want
to
say
to
me
,
Mrs.
Howard
.
But
I
'm
also
wondering
if
you
have
considered
what
a
very
serious
and
dangerous
thing
it
is
you
have
in
mind
.
But
,
"
he
added
,
suddenly
,
another
thought
as
to
whether
his
own
reputation
in
this
community
was
in
any
way
being
tarnished
by
rumor
of
anything
he
had
done
in
the
past
coming
to
him
,
"
just
how
did
you
happen
to
come
to
me
,
anyhow
?
"
Something
about
the
tone
of
his
voice
,
the
manner
in
which
he
asked
the
question
--
the
caution
of
it
as
well
as
the
possibly
impending
resentment
in
case
it
should
turn
out
that
any
one
suspected
him
of
a
practice
of
this
sort
--
caused
Roberta
to
hesitate
and
to
feel
that
any
statement
to
the
effect
that
she
had
heard
of
or
been
sent
by
any
one
else
--
Clyde
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
--
might
be
dangerous
.
Perhaps
she
had
better
not
say
that
she
had
been
sent
by
any
one
.
He
might
resent
it
as
an
insult
to
his
character
as
a
reputable
physician
.
A
budding
instinct
for
diplomacy
helped
her
in
this
instance
,
and
she
replied
:
"
I
've
noticed
your
sign
in
passing
several
times
and
I
've
heard
different
people
say
you
were
a
good
doctor
.
"
His
uncertainty
allayed
,
he
now
continued
:
"
In
the
first
place
,
the
thing
you
want
done
is
something
my
conscience
would
not
permit
me
to
advise
.
