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Just David

CHAPTER XVI
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Never had he seen his beloved Lady of the Roses look like this before.

He was reminded of what Jill had said about Jack: "His face was all stern and white, and his lips snapped tight shut after every word." So, too, looked Miss Holbrook's face; so, too, had her lips snapped tight shut after her last words.

David could not understand it.

He said nothing more, however; but, as was usually the case when he was perplexed, he picked up his violin and began to play.
And as he played, there gradually came to Miss Holbrook's eyes a softer light, and to her lips lines less tightly drawn.

Neither the footbridge nor Mr.Jack, however, was mentioned again that afternoon..


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