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           Shelookeddeeplyconcerned,butherheartwasbeatingwithexultation.

           "Ihonestlydon’tcare,youknow.Ididn’tlikeAmerica.It’sasmackintheeyeofcourse,it’snogooddenyingthat,buttheonlythingistogrinandbearit.Ifyouonlyknewthepeopleonehastodealwith!Why,comparedwithsomeofthem,JimmieLangton’sagreatgentleman.EveniftheyhadwantedmetostayIshouldhaverefused."

           Thoughheputabravefaceonit,Juliafeltthathewasdeeplymortified.Hemusthavehadtoputupwithagooddealofunpleasantness.Shehatedhimtohavebeenmadeunhappy,but,oh,shewassorelieved.

           "Whatareyougoingtodonow?"sheaskedquietly.

           "Well,Ishallgohomeforabitandthinkthingsover.ThenIshallgotoLondonandseeifIcan’tgetapart."

           SheknewthatitwasnogoodsuggestingthatheshouldcomebacktoMiddlepool.JimmieLangtonwouldnothavehim.

           "Youwouldn’tliketocomewithme,Isuppose?"

           Juliacouldhardlybelieveherears.

           "Me?Darling,youknowI’dgoanywhereintheworldwithyou."

           "Yourcontract’supattheendofthisseason,andifyouwanttogetanywhereyou’vegottomakeastabatLondonsoon.Isavedeverybob*IcouldinAmerica,theyallcalledmeatight-wadbutIjustletthemtalk,I’vebroughtbackbetweentwelveandfifteenhundredpounds."

           "Michael,howonearthcanyouhavedonethat?"

           "Ididn’tgivemuchaway,youknow,"hesmiledhappily.