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been nwnv lint-sewn pa! I'm doing double duty. chance to break away this after- loon, for once." Priscilla had risen, Mid he took her hand.

"Here," said Kay. She handed him a cup of tea. "Bob likes his strong and black as ink," she ek- ‘plained smilingly.

“Yes, I know," Priscilla assented, j; 5 dry amusement. Bob sat down

in the edge orhis chair, precari- ‘ ‘ously.

“What you need, Bob, is a cock-

il," Priscilla suggested. “You're

w,» ‘He grinned. “Is that custom still Qevalent?" he asked.

gPriscillafs brows rose in an amus- fiir grlmnmoe, "Have you acquired ' tue?" she exclaimed. "And — Bo you find it is its own reward?”

"No virtue involved in this," he told her. “I'm doing so much work ‘nowadays I never get a chance to let down."

"You ought lo make the chance!"

"I will some day," he agreed. "A . good old-fashioned bender might i help a lot." He grinned at Kai!- "Menmvhile, another cup of tea, Kay. I'll get a tea jag, anyway."

Priscilla looked at her watch- “Stephcns should have come for me fifteen minutes ago." she said. “was he outside when you came in, Bob?"

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"Too tired for social amenities," ii he told her evsslvely. ‘i Kay suggested: "Why don't you y. run Priscilla. home, Bob, if her car ‘oesnt some? I know she's in a imurry." * He looked at her, half-startled. "Oh. there's plenty of time," he pro- tested. "I'm sure Stephen will be here tsoon," Priscilla agreed. l: But the car did not come, though ':'.Bnb went twice and thrice to see. ;-'I'he waiting became awkward, and gPriscilin suggested at last: "I'll “walk! It's only a few blocks. e Emust have had a flat tire." - Bob looked wicomfortable. and EKny said again: “You take her ~home. Bob! Dinner won't be ready Ffor an hour, anyway . . . " J. "I hate making so much trouble." IPriscllla insisted. "Stephens is so Iletllplfl " f‘ Kay smiled at her mocklnglv -,*;“Bob, you ought not to seem so yreluctnnt," she warned him. "Run Qnlong!" '7; In the. end Bob surrendered; and rfjflffili the thing wasdecided, he put ‘gpn a surprising vivacity, laughed in 3a fashion strange to him of late. “Priscilla bade Kay good-‘oye most r rrvciously.

, "You're sweet to let - Bob take Uime home," she said. "When he's so

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.».'.'. “Why, there isn't the least hur- éry." Kay assured her. She closed Y he door behind them, heard their lgquick voices, their laughter as they "descended to the street.

She was still standing there when sently she heard other steps re- urning, ascending the stairs; and er heart began to pound. It might qbe Bob. But when she opened the ‘qrioor she saw Genevieve. 5 And the older girl looked at Kay, ‘fluid said with quick amusement: r-Jfiieavens, child, you look as though rtyoird seen a ghost. Am I so terrif- _ aiifylng?"

' I. "I thought you were Bob!" Kay , Zbonfessed.

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l» The other seemed about to speak, ajhen held her tongue. She came in fend Ka/y closed the door behind 3m. "r just dropped in m say giiewdy,” Genevieve explained.

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"Your hat, too, Genevieve. Stay."

The maid was clearing away the tel. things; and Genevieve demand- ed a cup. While they sat together she watched Kay thoughtfully; and Kan-v“ saw her scrutiny and said s. -1l_ breathlessly: "Bob will want to have avvislt<wlth~ you. He'll be back in five minutes or so."

But Bob did not come. msteld he telephoned regretfully: "Kay," he said, "I've got to go to the hos- pital. An emergency. One of the nurses has an appendix. Don't wait dinner for me."

"Oh. Bob, I'm sorry," Kay told him. "Can't her appendix wait e little while, and give you time to eat?" But before he could demur she mustered her resolution. "But of course not. I know you have to go. Genevievels here with me. I'll try lo keep her for dinner."

“Sure? Bob agreed. “Do that. Keep her till I come, I haven't seen Gen for a long time." _

Kay, returning from the tele- phone, met Genevieve's eyes. spid, with a. little laugh: “That's the way with doctors. You never know where they'll be. He has to go oper- ate on a nurse."

Genevieve lighted a cigarette. “All right, I'll stay. I accept your invitation, child. We haven't had a good gal time together for months. If you could manage a cocktail. the scene would be complete in every detail.”

“I'm sorry," Kay confessed. “We haven't anything in the house

. . ." She sat abstractedly ,her ears attuned to cheerful conversa- tion. Till the older girl said at last:

“Kay, snap out of it! Bob must have had hurry calls before."

And: "Of course," Kay agreed. "I know . . 3'

They were at dinner, Kay still and white, Genevieve ebulliently cheerful when the telphone rang again. Kay was on her feet like a flash. “I'll take it, Anna," she told the maid, and darted into the hall. Genevieve, from where she sat, could hear her words.

"Hello?"

"Yes. This is Mrs. Dakin . . . _

"Oh!" A breathless, interminable pause. Then:

"Wait a minute, please. I'll give you the number."

Genevieve heard the ruffling of paper, and then:

"Try Cabot 4333. If he isn't there. call me back. I may be able to locate him for you."

When Kay returned to the din-

door; and Kay came democrat-sly into her arms. -

"It was the hospital, wanting Bob," she whispered. "There's an emergency, an embolus. The thing

he's been training himself to do ..

Genevieve had a deep under-

standing. “Wait," she urged.

"They'll call again in a minute, if they don't locate him."

"I gave them Priscillas number." Kay confessed.

"I know, child. I know. But

wait . . .

They waited five minutes. and then ten: but the telephone did not ring again. And suddenly Kay said in weary submission: "He was there!"

And her head dropped forward on her crossed arms when she sat st the table, and she wept terribly, and Genevieve came to her side- "Please. please. Kay!" she beg- god.

Kay looked up at her, with swim- ming. tormented eyes. "I can't help it." she sobbed. "Oh, Genevieve, Genevieve, I love him sol"

Genevieve full of o. deep sym- pathy and understanding, stayed with Kay till Bob came home. Kay after a little was composed again. "It's really an awful joke on me!" she confessed. "Falling in love with Bob! I've never seriously thought about the possibility! At first I just

grabbed him because he was my last hope ~ . . " She hesitated, her eyes for n. moment shadowing.

"And I meant to hang on to him like a —-like a leech! But after I met his people, I was ashamed of myself, and I'd have let him go, if it hadn't been for Priscilla! I swore she should never have him!"

"But I never thought I might be in love with him. *1‘!!! tonight!" She smiled in a very weary fashion- "So the jokefis on me, after all: and it's Priscillavs" turn to laugh!"

And Genevieve could only say, angrily: "If Bob had any sense in himatall. . . "Soshewsstoo wiseto argue against the certain fact that Bob had stayed with Pris- cilla, insteed of returning here, and that he had lied to Kay.

So they waited; and Kay, twisting her fingers together. confessed: "I used to think that if Bob ever

. thing go wall. . will so proud!" Add ldded humbly: "And ~ Id will $1"

did get a chance to do this opera- tion, I wanted to be there, and see him, and be proud. Maybe Priscilla went to the hospital with him! Do you suppose she did?" But Genevieve ‘laughed at that. suggestion, whooiy incredulous. And Kay wished to telephone the hospital to make sure they h found- Bob but Genevieve would not let her: and Kay wished to telephone some inquiry about the patient and the operation. but Genevieve was adamant. Kay did call Dr, Dckin. to iell him what Bob was doing:'but Chiiders that Dr. Dakin was himself at the "thlt Bob had summoned ,Il1fi" Ravi-sported thisto Geneviegelhgith- bleak pain in her Q70! ll! will. ~' "'86 misfit called mo. too." she whispered; and she admitted: "Imlsworried ssifI were the patients wife. instelld~of the doc- tor's,Ge , Iwsnt so much for Bob to do it, and have every- Dr Dakin be

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“Bob's on his way home!" she mod. "He's finished it! He's on his way home!" And she explained: "Phat was the Clinic. He must have asked Dr. Chandler-that's his as- sistant —to be on calli and that means he wants to celebrate!" She raced away to her mom. "I must Wash my 9W8. be ready for him!" she cried.

But Bob did not come home; not

half an hour. And Kay while 5m waited faded like a dying flame; and Genevieve suggested that Bob must have gone home with his M1181’. and Kay bravely agreed that this must be the case. But after a while they could find no ‘more words of comfort to say. It was more than an hour before they heard Bob's key in the door.

CHAPTER. XXXIV

Kay went to meet him and Gene. vieve caught. up coat and hat and followed her. She saw Bob come in, radiant with triumph, his eyes 511m- 1X18 and his tones full of intoxi- cation of success and he cried:

"I did it, Kay! Did it, and got away with it!"

"I knew you would," Kay told m

“You were long enough about it", Genevieve protested in a. good- natured wrath. "Kay here was on pins and needles all the time. I had to my past. my bedtime to keep ner from fairly biting her nails. Good night, you two!"

Bob urged: “Walt a minute. 1 want an audience Gen..1’m going to brag and blow . . ."

"Kay_wlli listen." Genevieve as- sured him. “To hear someone speak. lug of operations never did have any sex appeal for me." She suld 800d night again, and departed; and

caught Kay's arm and hufried her into the living-room and told the tale, speaking rapidly, his words tumbling, his eyes bright.

“Just the thing I'd worked on," he assured her. "An embolus on the saddle in the left femoral, and the leg turned white and cold . . . I got hold of Father. and Doctor Fabre, to watch." He plunged into the technical aspects of- the oper- ation. "What a kick I got out of it. Kay!" he cried. "You've no notion! Father and the chief had their hands on the leg, under the sheet. They could feel it get warm when the blwd beam to flow again . He went over and over the same ground endlessly; zmd Kay ngtengd, and smiled. slvinz mm wholeheart- ed approval with no stint or reser- vation to mar his happiness.

He finished and said: "I've a no- tion to take a drink, to celebrate! Haven't we got something tucked away, Kay?"

. "Not a. drop," Kay confessed. "Not ven in the medicine cabinet!"

"I'll write I Prescription and go down to the drug store," Bob de. clared. “It's not closed ye." H; 1°°k°d i" KEY. "Disapprove, do you?" he asked narrowly. "I think you deserved it," Kay w!!!“ him; End he heard the past tense and his cheek flamed ow

"I had one with Father," Bob ad. mitted reluctantly. "But I didn't sublime it would show up on mei" "It 41°98'11" KEY said reassur- IIIEIY- "I don't think anyone would hotice it‘ but me." She added: The cliruc telephoned that they had located Dr. Chandler, that he would be on call tonight." He looked at her sidelong, "Oh Q19!’ did. eh?" he said uneasily. Thais 800d! The chief agreed that I was entitled to a. night off. But Lord, I don't feel like sleep- ing, Kay. I'd like to go places 5nd d0 thinks. Where can we go?" K-BY smiled, “I don't know," she acknowledged. "rm out of ma. with-such things. We'll go my. where you say!"

He seemed about to speak, to make some suggestion; but h, d“ riot. Instead, he shook hi; neon 0h. I suppose the sensible thing

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He looked around. ss though M11118 an irwplration: he switched on the radio and tuned in on dance music and came toward her, hold- ing out his arms. “Here? h; m. vited. "let's celebrate all by m“. selves." She rose to meet him: and as they circled the room he

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"You've stuck pretty close to your kllimllk. certainly." she agreed. "But of course where you have so many night calls. . . ."

“I'll dump them on Chandler," ho declared. "It's time the youngster took hold. He can do the routine stuff as well as I. . . ." And he stretched his arms wide. "Gosh, I'm sleepy, all of a suddenl", he said. ,

And so presently they went, to bed, Kay, in her room, the door closed, stood uncertainly for a mo-

lnfloflm. Genevieve met her at the the door closed behind her, and Bob "will. listening to his steps as he

.moved along the hull. she heard his door close. His room was next to hers, his movements faintly au- dible through the walls. She lis- tened. almost breathlessly; and then. she went softly across to her drmsing table, moving quietly as though afraid he might hear her. She prepared for the night; jet when she was ready she did not at once get into bed. Standi]; in front of her mirror, ‘she watched her own image in the glass, with- out seeing it. All her senses were concentrated on listening, listen- ing for the small sounds from the next room.

His bed had o. rusty. spring which creaked; the light switch m the Wall by his door made a. sharp sound whm he snapped the lights on and off. She had learned to follow the routine of his prepara- tions for the night by these sounds. S0 many times she had heard, re- motely, the shrlli summons of the telephone, the creaking spring as he rose on one elbow to answer it. the snap of the light switch, the thud of his bare feet. across the floor; and Presently afterward the sound of his opening door, and 1,15 aliens as he moved quietly along ab’?! hall to go out in answer to the So tonight she was able to be sure what he did. She knew when he sat down on his bed to take off his shoes, heard them thump as he dropped them, heard a. chair scrape across the floor as he drew it near the foot of the bed to lay his trousers there. She waited, not seeing herself at all, although she faced the mirror steadily. The mirror was set. in the inside of he"; closet door: it was full length, The light hung Just above it.

After a time she heard his win- dows open. His feet crossed the floor toward the door. Then the light switch snapped, and 5 mo- ment later, the bed- cree-ked,

That rusty spring squeaked once or twice more as he pulled up the blankets and settled himself for Bleep. Then there was no further sound. -

Kay, staring at her own image saw it blur before her eyes; and she smiled a twisted, miserable smile and wiped her eyes with her hands.

Instead- of snapping out the lizhts. she unscrewed the bulb, lo that she made no sound which he might hear and thus know that she had waited. She raised the windows an inch at s time, very softly; she got quietly into bed.

Toward morning, she slept; and when she woke it was broad day and he was gone. She breskfssted alone. It was still early when, as- tonishingly, Priscilla called.

Priscilla was vivacious. full of words. “I just had to drop in on you, Kay," she confessed. "I know this is not the time. of day to call on anyone: but I was so thrilled about last night, about Bob, and so proud of him, and I wanted to tell you so. You don't mind my being proud, do you? I've known him so 10118 - . ."

Kay said steadily: 0f se, all Bob's friends must be . . ."

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