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And
Clyde
,
hearing
of
this
defeat
,
was
at
last
reduced
to
a
nervous
,
gloomy
silence
,
absolutely
devoid
of
a
helpful
suggestion
.
He
could
not
think
what
to
say
and
was
chiefly
fearful
lest
Roberta
now
make
some
demand
with
which
socially
or
economically
he
could
not
comply
.
However
,
in
regard
to
this
she
said
little
on
the
way
home
.
Instead
she
sat
and
stared
out
of
the
window
--
thinking
of
her
defenseless
predicament
that
was
becoming
more
real
and
terrible
to
her
hourly
.
By
way
of
excuse
she
pleaded
that
she
had
a
headache
.
She
wanted
to
be
alone
--
only
to
think
more
--
to
try
to
work
out
a
solution
.
She
must
work
out
some
way
.
That
she
knew
.
But
what
?
How
?
What
could
she
do
?
How
could
she
possibly
escape
?
She
felt
like
a
cornered
animal
fighting
for
its
life
with
all
odds
against
it
,
and
she
thought
of
a
thousand
remote
and
entirely
impossible
avenues
of
escape
,
only
to
return
to
the
one
and
only
safe
and
sound
solution
that
she
really
felt
should
be
possible
--
and
that
was
marriage
.
And
why
not
?
Had
n't
she
given
him
all
,
and
that
against
her
better
judgment
?
Had
n't
he
overpersuaded
her
?
Who
was
he
anyway
to
so
cast
her
aside
?
For
decidedly
at
times
,
and
especially
since
this
latest
crisis
had
developed
,
his
manner
,
because
of
Sondra
and
the
Griffiths
and
what
he
felt
to
be
the
fatal
effect
of
all
this
on
his
dreams
here
,
was
sufficient
to
make
plain
that
love
was
decidedly
dead
,
and
that
he
was
not
thinking
nearly
so
much
of
the
meaning
of
her
state
to
her
,
as
he
was
of
its
import
to
him
,
the
injury
that
was
most
certain
to
accrue
to
him
.
And
when
this
did
not
completely
terrify
her
,
as
mostly
it
did
,
it
served
to
irritate
and
slowly
develop
the
conclusion
that
in
such
a
desperate
state
as
this
,
she
was
justified
in
asking
more
than
ordinarily
she
would
have
dreamed
of
asking
,
marriage
itself
,
since
there
was
no
other
door
.
And
why
not
?
Was
n't
her
life
as
good
as
his
?
And
had
n't
he
joined
his
to
hers
,
voluntarily
?
Then
,
why
should
n't
he
strive
to
help
her
now
--
or
,
failing
that
,
make
this
final
sacrifice
which
was
the
only
one
by
which
she
could
be
rescued
apparently
.
For
who
were
all
the
society
people
with
whom
he
was
concerned
anyhow
?
And
why
should
he
ask
her
in
such
a
crisis
to
sacrifice
herself
,
her
future
and
good
name
,
just
because
of
his
interest
in
them
?
They
had
never
done
anything
very
much
for
him
,
certainly
not
as
much
as
had
she
.
And
,
just
because
he
was
wearying
now
,
after
persuading
her
to
do
his
bidding
--
was
that
any
reason
why
now
,
in
this
crisis
,
he
should
be
permitted
to
desert
her
?
After
all
,
would
n't
all
of
these
society
people
in
whom
he
was
so
much
interested
feel
that
whatever
his
relationship
to
them
,
she
would
be
justified
in
taking
the
course
which
she
might
be
compelled
to
take
?
She
brooded
on
this
much
,
more
especially
on
the
return
from
this
second
attempt
to
induce
Dr.
Glenn
to
help
her
.
In
fact
,
at
moments
,
her
face
took
on
a
defiant
,
determined
look
which
was
seemingly
new
to
her
,
but
which
only
developed
suddenly
under
such
pressure
.
Her
jaw
became
a
trifle
set
.
She
had
made
a
decision
.
He
would
have
to
marry
her
.
She
must
make
him
if
there
were
no
other
way
out
of
this
.
She
must
--
she
must
.
Think
of
her
home
,
her
mother
,
Grace
Marr
,
the
Newtons
,
all
who
knew
her
in
fact
--
the
terror
and
pain
and
shame
with
which
this
would
sear
all
those
in
any
way
identified
with
her
--
her
father
,
brothers
,
sisters
.
Impossible
!
Impossible
!
It
must
not
and
could
not
be
!
Impossible
.
It
might
seem
a
little
severe
to
her
,
even
now
,
to
have
to
insist
on
this
,
considering
all
the
emphasis
Clyde
had
hitherto
laid
upon
his
prospects
here
.
But
how
,
how
else
was
she
to
do
?
Accordingly
the
next
day
,
and
not
a
little
to
his
surprise
,
since
for
so
many
hours
the
night
before
they
had
been
together
,
Clyde
received
another
note
telling
him
that
he
must
come
again
that
night
.
She
had
something
to
say
to
him
,
and
there
was
something
in
the
tone
of
the
note
that
seemed
to
indicate
or
suggest
a
kind
of
defiance
of
a
refusal
of
any
kind
,
hitherto
absent
in
any
of
her
communications
to
him
.
And
at
once
the
thought
that
this
situation
,
unless
cleared
away
,
was
certain
to
prove
disastrous
,
so
weighed
upon
him
that
he
could
not
but
put
the
best
face
possible
on
it
and
consent
to
go
and
hear
what
it
was
that
she
had
to
offer
in
the
way
of
a
solution
--
or
--
on
the
other
hand
,
of
what
she
had
to
complain
.
Going
to
her
room
at
a
late
hour
,
he
found
her
in
what
seemed
to
him
a
more
composed
frame
of
mind
than
at
any
time
since
this
difficulty
had
appeared
,
a
state
which
surprised
him
a
little
,
since
he
had
expected
to
find
her
in
tears
.
But
now
,
if
anything
,
she
appeared
more
complacent
,
her
nervous
thoughts
as
to
how
to
bring
about
a
satisfactory
conclusion
for
herself
having
called
into
play
a
native
shrewdness
which
was
now
seeking
to
exercise
itself
.
And
so
directly
before
announcing
what
was
in
her
mind
,
she
began
by
asking
:
"
You
have
n't
found
out
about
another
doctor
,
have
you
,
Clyde
,
or
thought
of
anything
?
"
"
No
,
I
have
n't
,
Bert
,
"
he
replied
most
dismally
and
wearisomely
,
his
own
mental
tether-length
having
been
strained
to
the
breaking
point
.
"
I
've
been
trying
to
,
as
you
know
,
but
it
's
so
darn
hard
to
find
any
one
who
is
n't
afraid
to
monkey
with
a
case
like
this
.
Honest
,
to
tell
the
truth
,
Bert
,
I
'm
about
stumped
.
I
do
n't
know
what
we
are
going
to
do
unless
you
can
think
of
something
.
You
have
n't
thought
or
heard
of
any
one
else
you
could
go
to
,
have
you
?
"
For
,
during
the
conversation
that
had
immediately
followed
her
first
visit
to
the
doctor
,
he
had
hinted
to
her
that
by
striking
up
a
fairly
intimate
relationship
with
one
of
the
foreign
family
girls
,
she
might
by
degrees
extract
some
information
there
which
would
be
of
use
to
both
.
But
Roberta
was
not
of
a
temperament
that
permitted
of
any
such
facile
friendships
,
and
nothing
had
come
of
it
.
