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CARNAC'S RETURN.
"Well, what's happened since I've been gone, mother ?" asked Carnac.

"Is nobody we're interested in married, or going to be married ?" It was spring-time eight months after Carnac had vanished from Montreal, and the sun of late April was melting the snow upon the hills, bringing out the smell of the sprouting verdure and the exultant song of the birds.
His mother replied sorrowfully: "Junia's been away since last fall.

Her aunt in the West was taken ill, and she's been with her ever since.

Tell me, dearest, is everything all right now?
Are you free to do what you want ?" He shook his head morosely.