"
"That sounds plausible," reasoned Elnora, "but it is pretty difficult to
find a woman in an affair that involves her heart with nothing at all to
say. I fancy if I could meet her, she would say several things. I should
love to hear them. If I could talk with her three minutes, I could tell
what answer to make you."
"Don't you believe me, Elnora?"
"Unquestioningly," answered Elnora. "But I would believe her also. If
only I could meet her I soon would know."
"I don't see how that is to be accomplished," said Philip, "but I am
perfectly willing. There is no reason why you should not meet her,
except that she probably would lose her temper and insult you."
"Not to any extent," said Elnora calmly. "I have a tongue of my own,
while I am not without some small sense of personal values."
Philip glanced at her and began to laugh. Very different of facial
formation and colouring, Elnora at times closely resembled her mother.
She joined in his laugh ruefully.
"The point is this," she said. "Some one is going to be hurt, most
dreadfully. If the decision as to whom it shall be rests with me, I must
know it is the right one. Of course, no one ever hinted it to you, but
you are a very attractive man, Philip. You are mighty good to look at,
and you have a trained, refined mind, that makes you most interesting.
For years Edith Carr has felt that you were hers. Now, how is she going
to change? I have been thinking--thinking deep and long, Phil.
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