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gether. And if sometimes you get tired of me, and fire me off, I shall bob up serenely the next day and start over, just as we might have done when we were little children." When Miriam reported her progress in revolution to Eveley the next day, Eveley was greatly perturbed. "You went too fast," she said with a frown. "And besides--it is not fair. He isn't married. He will fall in love with you." "Oh, no, we have a regular understanding," said Miriam confidently. "It is all settled according to rules, and we are only going to play. Lem goes to his club to-night, and you and Nolan are to come and play pool with us. Doesn't it sound emancipated and free?" "Almost bolshevistic," said Eveley grimly. "I do not approve of it--not exactly--though I do think you are justified. But it is so risky--and people talk--" "Well, Eveley, I think it is better to have people say, 'What do you think of the way Miriam Landis is carrying on?' than 'Isn't Miriam Landis a little fool not to get next to her husband in all these years?' Shouldn't you?" "Well, we'll be there," said Eveley evasively. "We'll be right there. If he just wasn't so good-looking, and sort of--decent? Why didn't you pick out a roue? They are lots safer than these decent young chaps." Nolan, always a willing sacrifice when Eveley bade, joined them without demur, and a more rollickingly gay time they had never had. Even Eveley admitted that things seemed innocent and harmless enough, but she shook her head. "He is too good," she whispered to Miriam. "When he falls, he will fall hard. And if he is once in love, I have a feeling he will work like--like the dickens--and you haven't much spinal column yourself, you know. And I do not believe in home wreckers, and things." Nolan, also, frankly disapproved. "It doesn't make any difference what kind of husband she's got," he said decidedly. "As long as he is her husband, it is her duty to stick to him and leave other men alone." "Don't say duty to me," said Eveley crossly. "Five years is long enough for any woman to do her duty. I think she is quite justified in giving Lem a good scare. Maybe he will wake up, and behave himself. But this Gordon is too good-looking, and too desperately nice. How can they play together like two children? You know what will happen." "I think it has already happened. He is head over heels right now, and she is not breaking her heart over Lem, either. I give them two weeks t
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