7/44 Anyway, I shall tell him my plans when I get there, and he will have the opportunity"-- she smiled rather sadly--"to transfer his devotion to someone else." "He won't take it," said Mrs.Ralston with conviction. "The fidelity of these men is amazing. It puts us to shame." "I hate the thought of parting with him," Stella said. "But what can I do ?" She broke off short as the subject of their discussion came softly into the room, salver in hand. He gave her a telegram and stood back decorously behind her chair while she opened it. |