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Hamelpointedout。“Theman，afterall，wasonlyaguest。“
“That’sasitmaybe，sir，“thenursereplied。“Allthesame，thosethatwon’tobeytheirdoctorsaren’tfittobeallowedaboutalone。
That’sthewayIlookatit。“
Mrs。Fentolinwaspassingalongthecorridorastheyissuedfromtheroom。Shestartedalittleasshesawthem。
“Whathaveyoutwobeendoinginthere？“sheaskedquickly。
“Wewerejustpassing，“Hamelexplained。“Westoppedforamomenttospeaktothenurse。“
“Mr。Dunsterhasgone，“shesaid。“Yousawhimgo，Gerald。Yousawhim，too，didn’tyou，Mr。Hamel？“
“Icertainlydid，“Hameladmitted。
Mrs。Fentolinpointedtothegreatnorthwindownearwhichtheywerestanding，throughwhichtheclearsunlightstreamedalittlepitilesslyuponherwornfaceandmassofdyedhair。
“Yououghtneitherofyoutobeindoorsforaminuteonamorninglikethis，“shedeclared。“Estheriswaitingforyouinthecar，Ithink，Mr。Hamel。“
Geraldpassedonupthestairstohisroom，butHamellingered。
Acuriousimpulseofpitytowardshishostessstirredhim。Themorningsunlightseemedtohavesuddenlyrevealedthetragedyofherlife。Shestoodthere，atired，wornwoman，withtheburdenheavyuponhershoulders。
“WhynotcomeoutwithMissFentolinandme？hesuggested。“WecouldlunchattheGolfClub，outonthebalcony。Iwishyouwould。Can’tyoumanageit？“
Sheshookherhead。
“Thankyouverymuch，“shesaid。“Mr。Fentolindoesnotliketobeleft。“
Somethinginthefinalityofherwordsseemedtohimcuriouslyeloquentofherstateofmind。Shedidnotmoveon。Sheseemed，indeed，tohavetheairofoneanxioustosaymore。Inthatruthlesslight，theadvantagesofherelegantclothesandgracefulcarriageweresuddenlystrippedawayfromher。Shewastheabjectwreckofabeautifulwoman，wizened，prematurelyaged。
Nothingremainedbuttheeyes，whichseemedsomehowtohavetheirmessageforhim。
“Mr。Fentolinisalittlepeculiar，youknow，“shewenton，hervoiceshakingslightlywiththeeffortshewasmakingtokeepitlow。“HeallowsEsthersolittleliberty，sheseessofewyoungpeopleofherownage。Idonotknowwhyheallowsyoutobewithhersomuch。Becareful，Mr。Hamel。“
Hervoiceseemedsuddenlytovibratewithacuriousnoteofsuppressedfear。Almostasshefinishedherspeech，shepassedon。
Herlittlegesturebadehimremainsilent。Asshewentupthestairs，shebegantohumscrapsofalittleFrenchair。
Hamelslicedhisballattheninth，andafterwaitingforafewminutespatiently，Esthercametohelphimlookforit。Hewasstandin
