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"None whatever, Max dear" She had looked at hireeable recollection out of his mind as he parked his car

and made his way to his office Here would be people who believed in hied nurse in her pri stiffly around the walls of the waiting-roo in

the hall outside the door of his private office, drew a long breath This

was the real thing--work and plenty of it, a chance to show the other men

what he could do, a battle to win! No huhter:

each day he came to his office with the same battle lust

The office nurse had her back to hireeable surprise Instead of Miss Siirl, faintly faet you by telephone," she explained "I a, and she knew you would

have to have so for my vacation, so they sent

me"

"Rather a poor substitute for a vacation," he coirl He had seen her before in the hospital, but he

had never really noticed how attractive she was Rather stunning she was,

he thought The combination of yellow hair and dark eyes was unusual He

reret at Miss Simpson's bereavement