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"
Oh
yes
.
He
was
very
glad
to
promise
to
write
that
if
we
would
let
him
off
.
Braxmar
seemed
to
think
it
was
necessary
that
he
should
.
I
wanted
the
judge
to
impose
a
fine
and
let
it
go
at
that
.
He
was
drunk
,
and
that
's
all
there
was
to
it
.
"
He
assumed
a
very
unknowing
air
when
in
the
presence
of
Berenice
and
her
mother
,
but
when
alone
with
the
latter
his
manner
changed
completely
.
"
Brazen
it
out
,
"
he
commanded
.
"
It
does
n't
amount
to
anything
.
Braxmar
does
n't
believe
that
this
man
really
knows
anything
.
This
letter
is
enough
to
convince
Berenice
.
Put
a
good
face
on
it
;
more
depends
on
your
manner
than
on
anything
else
.
You
're
much
too
upset
.
That
wo
n't
do
at
all
;
you
'll
tell
the
whole
story
that
way
.
"
At
the
same
time
he
privately
regarded
this
incident
as
a
fine
windfall
of
chance
--
in
all
likelihood
the
one
thing
which
would
serve
to
scare
the
Lieutenant
away
.
Outwardly
,
however
,
he
demanded
effrontery
,
assumption
;
and
Mrs.
Carter
was
somewhat
cheered
,
but
when
she
was
alone
she
cried
.
Berenice
,
coming
upon
her
accidentally
and
finding
her
eyes
wet
,
exclaimed
:
"
Oh
,
mother
,
please
do
n't
be
foolish
.
How
can
you
act
this
way
?
We
had
better
go
up
in
the
country
and
rest
a
little
while
if
you
are
so
unstrung
.
"
Mrs.
Carter
protested
that
it
was
merely
nervous
reaction
,
but
to
Berenice
it
seemed
that
where
there
was
so
much
smoke
there
must
be
some
fire
.
Her
manner
in
the
aftermath
toward
Braxmar
was
gracious
,
but
remote
.
He
called
the
next
day
to
say
how
sorry
he
was
,
and
to
ask
her
to
a
new
diversion
.
She
was
sweet
,
but
distant
.
In
so
far
as
she
was
concerned
it
was
plain
that
the
Beales
Chadsey
incident
was
closed
,
but
she
did
not
accept
his
invitation
.
"
Mother
and
I
are
planning
to
go
to
the
country
for
a
few
days
,
"
she
observed
,
genially
.
"
I
ca
n't
say
just
when
we
shall
return
,
but
if
you
are
still
here
we
shall
meet
,
no
doubt
.
You
must
be
sure
and
come
to
see
us
.
"
She
turned
to
an
east
court-window
,
where
the
morning
sun
was
gleaming
on
some
flowers
in
a
window-box
,
and
began
to
pinch
off
a
dead
leaf
here
and
there
.
Braxmar
,
full
of
the
tradition
of
American
romance
,
captivated
by
her
vibrant
charm
,
her
poise
and
superiority
under
the
circumstances
,
her
obvious
readiness
to
dismiss
him
,
was
overcome
,
as
the
human
mind
frequently
is
,
by
a
riddle
of
the
spirit
,
a
chemical
reaction
as
mysterious
to
its
victim
as
to
one
who
is
its
witness
.
Stepping
forward
with
a
motion
that
was
at
once
gallant
,
reverent
,
eager
,
unconscious
,
he
exclaimed
:
