I'm not surprised that
you're ashamed."
"Where did you get hold of this fairy-tale?" he plucked up courage to demand.
"From Norma Pelton. She told me everything, the whole story from beginning
to end."
"It's right funny you should be calling on her, and you a respectable young
lady--unless you went to deliver that extra kick you was mentioning," he
grinned.
She dropped her raillery. "It was splendid. I meant to ask Mr. Ridgway to
do something for them, but this is so much better. It takes them away from
the place of his disgrace and away from temptation. Oh, I don't wonder
Norma kissed you."
"She told you that, too, did she?"
"Yes. I should have done it, too, in her place."
He glanced round placidly. "It's a right public place here, but--"
"Don't be afraid. I'm not going to." And before she disappeared within the
portals of the department store she gave him one last thrust. "It's not so
public up in the library. Perhaps if you happen to be going that way "
She left her communication a fragment, but he thought it worth acting upon.
Among the library shelves he found Laska deep in a new volume on domestic
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