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           ShewonderedwhatMichaelwoulddoifhefoundoutthetruth.Hecouldn’tverywelldivorceherandcontinuetomanageforher.Ifhehadanysensehe’dshuthiseyes.ButMichaelwasfunnyinsomeways;everynowandthenhewouldgetuponhishindlegsandstartdoinghiscolonelstuff.Hewasquitecapableofsayingallofasuddenthatdamnitall,hemustbehavelikeagentleman.Menweresuchfools;therewasn’toneofthemwhowouldn’tcutoffhisnosetospitehisface.Ofcourseitwouldn’treallymatterverymuchtoher.ShecouldgoandactinAmericaforayeartillthescandalhaddieddownandthengointomanagementwithsomebodyelse.Butitwouldbeabore.AndthentherewasRogertoconsider;he’dfeelit,poorlamb;he’dbehumiliated,naturallyitwasnogoodshuttingone’seyestothefact,atherageshe’dlookaperfectfoolbeingdivorcedonaccountofaboyofthree-and-twenty.Ofcourseshewouldn’tbesuchafoolastomarryTom.WouldCharlesmarryher?Sheturnedandinthehalf-lightlookedathisdistinguishedprofile.Hehadbeenmadlyinlovewithherforyears;hewasoneofthosechivalrousidiotsthatawomancouldturnroundherlittlefinger;perhapshewouldn’tmindbeingco-respondent*insteadofTom.Thatmightbeaverygoodwayout.LadyCharlesTamerley.Itsoundedallright.Perhapsshehadbeenalittleimprudent.ShehadalwaysbeenverycarefulwhenshewenttoTom’sflat,butitmightbethatoneofthechauffeursinthemewshadseenhergoinorcomeoutandhadthoughtthings