>? ' shoulders. A XVII At tour o'clock that afternoon Laz- are came away from the Gaephsias with the look in his face which Etta, feared more than anything else ‘n : the world. r be silent for once and listen. * Armitage is coming down said, and, as Btta gasped “if you're going to be useless to me; Say SO at once, and I go else- ‘where. “To Nadine, I suppose?” said Wt- ta, frightened but holding on to him “Certainly, if I think she will be ore useful. “No, no, iasaie tees do ou speak to me like that? You know TH do anything “You will do’ as 1 say, ee and without protest?” She bent her head, stragslink with the tears which he hated. Lazare un- clasped her hand from his arm be- fore he spoke again. Then he said: \“Major Armitage and Inspector); Williams are coming down together. rant. 5 have an hour, or to be safe, since one of them is an impatientdover, three quarters of an- hour. Major Armi- tage’s car could not do it im less here js, therefore, no need for pan- c.? “How do you know?” gasped Ep “My dear Etta, what a question! One has ears and eyes everywhere in an affair like this. ‘A’ collects infor- mation about Major Armitage, an *B’ shadows Inspetcor Williams. Both report to ‘C,’ ‘whose duty it is to keep me informed. So simple. Now you have to listen. This is what you mist. do. You will go to Sally Mere- dith and you will weep. That, my Et- will be, for you, no tas ‘ Etta flushed, and he went on. “You will weep, and you will gay that you cannot bear this state of € and g;| 2bout it?” “What is it? when he abruptly bade , difficult i , been lit. The mur thing4;. your heart is torn, and you cannot bear it, See*how much in character is the role which I assign], to you.” “What do you mean" Etta hack & pace, looking at him seek nies: ly. ".“It- is most beautifully simple. | Your heart is torn, you can bear it no} longer, and you offer to let her go. Nadine is in your aunt’s room, Sascha and I here. You take her out by the}, bac x. way, up the oe and through the gap im the hedg In the lane; 7 theige you Will walk as far as ae “stile. Then you Will tell her to ge over the ‘stile and take. the actietl through the fields Meanwhile -you yourself will return .to meet Major Armitage.” : “You're going to-let her go? Ob thank God.” ° “You thank a little too soon, I let her go as the \cat lets the mouse to run a little way, to think itself free; and then again—the sharp claws and the glaring eyes. I think that the psychological effect will be good,| quite.apart from the noceasts having an- empty house for Major, Armitage and his inspector to search.’ The high flish died out of Etia’s! face. She put outcher hands rather | aimlessly, and said in a .choked voice: “You mean to bring her back?” | “Certainly." She burst into tears. “YT ean’t do it, 1 can't. I thought you really meant to let her go. Why don't. you? Oh, zare, why don’t you? We’ ve gone far enough—too far can't go. on, I can’t.’’ She began to sob bitterly Lazare looked at her with temp z." “What a taelees sir you dre,’ said. “I go adin With that ‘she caught at cry islepve. “Oh Lazare, don’t ask m “IT do not a you, I aa Nadine.” She clung to him, w ing. A asl does not love you as f do.” “Prove it.” “How can I? £ can't deceive her, I c Can you not? This seth comes late. Who deceived her at all but you? Who brought her there? And cor- he wind ahe had had in mind the heroic pose. Lazare’s hand fell heavily on het ; ng over her, he let his. eyes dwell her ehi! ing ones, and said: ‘Will you do it, Etta? For met” He -her sud- denly n + her. “For The Cause " he kissed her Etta’s Her facile en : : “Yea, yes,"” she said—“‘The Cause, and you. You are Cause Her colour was once more high. Lazare took her to the door, drew her, still talking, thee the coer and at the foot of the apes cic ae instructions. cates landing with two | old-fashioned, ih said Sally. r- her eyes ‘two portable and com- pendibars oceans.’ If you don't take care, you'll melt. I shall. Coke g cold water Over you if you go o Etta choked. down a close, and w whispered: “Oh, oars you're in such fright- ful dange: “Yea, t aenow." came eaig Sally. “What Emotional gh cieery with Sal- ¥ sips @pt to be one-sided. There was muth offence. ng enfotion in Etta’s,. “Oh, Sally, but you are.” “All seniors said Sally, we'll take it that lam. Don’t you think that as oldest—er » yes,” said Etta, with ‘anoth- er sob, “that’s what I mean, that's why I'm here—as your friend, Sally: I can't bear it any longer. My heart is torn, and I zag bear it, and I'm going to let y o."" Sally steadied herself against thié unexpected rush of hope. It was lik being struck by a big wave, but she kept steady and controlled her voice. “Good work!’ she said. ‘It’s de- cent of you, and I stian’t forget.’ Her hands. gripped each other. “When?” she asked. “Now, We must hurry at ce ¥ whilst the coast is clear. Here’ 8 your coat and your fur. Your ‘hat’s on the table. I don’t think you had an um- brella.”’ “"No,”’ said Sally, in a funny, shaky little voice, “I didn’t.” umbrellas.the next. Sally preferred the um — She p on her outdoor things in silence, a then drank what she hoped would be the last cyp of eo- coa that she need ever taste. Hunger and the émergency alone could have got it past her lips. As it was she fixed her mind on the great Poder that _ was being set free and swallowéd its se decay and came bac Tine. tueein no one there. I'll go first,” she said, and Sally fol- owed. her into_.the- passage. —_It-wae getting dark, me lights had yet along the passage, r of voites cams rom a reom on eir left Emma—quick—-Nadine ~is there,” whispered Etta, and they reached the stair head. Sally held tighty to the baluster. It was so dreadfully like a dream. The dusk, the hurry, and Et- ta’s whispering voice. They passed a doors, - and came down a short. flight into the } lower hall. Etta took her by the arm, turned a corner, opened @ door and} hey were in the empty kitchen, with .a great ingle! eavy with the emell of burned fat, warts c and unwashed dishes. The scul-| lery was Worse. They came into a atone passage, and-so to a door at the end of it. The evening damp struck ip as Etta unlocked and pull- ed it open—a blessed cold and clar- ity. They left thé house and the *| ghosts of dead meals behind. It was lighter out here, and they hurried through the vegetable garden until fruit trees began to screen them from the house Sally was dragging a little on Etta’s arm as they turned into a walk between high box hedges but she kept on gallantly. The walk of bended in brokeh woodland guarded by a rough hedge growing on a bank. | Etta, made for a gap, slid down-into ane beyond, and turned'to give a helping hand y, in’ the lane, the ene panting. “All right, in a minute,” she said, and when tie minute had passed: “Now where “Just down dash lane as far as the stile. It's only a hundred yards or so, and then you get the footpath across the fields to Upper Elvery. It's two miles. Can you manage-it, do you think?” Sally ‘nodded erg , Manage it? With Lazare behind h They pushed on to the stile in sil- ence, and there Etta stood. “I must go back vou ‘t miss the ay if you ace to the Aboipath. It comes ont-on the U. road two miles from re. 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Now, t you were paying a-triendly tall: I should say, sir. ‘ Wiliams . It’s a beast! don’t Neale it any worse than it is, This ie an official yisit, and you do the talking.” “Very good, sir—tit’s all in the day’s work as far aé.I'm anks, y job, but for the Lord's sake} ine adorned the patterned walls. | Major Armitage had cronaet to bo serve these things, and was n the room vo “row. the p Bante eget and Miss Etta Shaw came in. She had washe her face = Lazare had bidden. her. 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