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           Leath:asortofinsistentself-effacementbeforewhicheveryoneabouthergaveway.Itwasperhapstheshadowofthislady’spresence—pervasiveevenduringheractualbriefeclipses—thatsubduedandsilencedMrs.Leath.Thelatterwas,moreover,preoccupiedaboutherstepson,who,soonafterreceivinghisdegreeatHarvard,hadbeenrescuedfromastormylove-affair,andfinally,aftersomemonthsoftroubleddrifting,hadyieldedtohisstep-mother’scounselandgoneuptoOxfordforayearofsupplementarystudy.ThitherMrs.Leathwentonceortwicetovisithim,andherremainingdayswerepackedwithfamilyobligations:getting,asshephrasedit,“frocksandgovernesses”forherlittlegirl,whohadbeenleftinFrance,andhavingtodevotetheremaininghourstolongshoppingexpeditionswithhermother-in-law.Nevertheless,duringherbriefescapesfromduty,Darrowhadhadtimetofeelhersafeinthecustodyofhisdevotion,setapartforsomeinevitablehour;andthelastevening,atthetheatre,betweentheovershadowingMarquiseandtheunsuspiciousOwen,theyhadhadanalmostdecisiveexchangeofwords.

           Now,intherattleofthewindabouthisears,Darrowcontinuedtohearthemockingechoofhermessage:“Unexpectedobstacle.”InsuchanexistenceasMrs.

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