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mark intimacy, " and they really had 

 not so near a shave as we had. They 

 weren't going anything like our pace when 

 they saw that the cutting had fallen in." 

 Another pause, "By the way, did you — 

 did you understand that I thought we 

 should have to jump, that time that I — 

 that I put my arm round you *? 



" Oh, perfectly," said Slaney distantly, 

 and blushed with fervour. "Mr. Glasgow 

 did not seem to mind missing his train, 

 after all," she went on, speeding into the 

 topic she most wished to avoid, as is 

 frequently the fate of those who talk for 

 the sake of changing the conversation. 



" I believe that was all a mistake. Glas- 

 gow hadn't the slightest idea of going ; he 

 only wanted to see one of the directors 

 who was travelling up by the mail," said 

 Bunbury elaborately. 



** Susan waited for us at the station 

 till she was frozen," continued Slaney, 

 taking her share in the apology. " She 

 would have come on our engine only 



