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"The siht hold Palmer if I

cared--terribly I don't And I' else"

And thus did Christine Lorenz go down to her wedding

Sidney stood for a moment, her eyes on the letter she held Already, in her

new philosophy, she had learned s One of the did not betray their lovers; that the code of

the underworld was "death to the squealer"; that one played the game, and

won or lost, and if he lost, took his medicine If not Grace, then who?

Somebody else in the hospital who knew her story, of course But who? And

again--why?

Before going downstairs, Sidney placed the letter in a saucer and set fire

to it with a match Some of the radiance had died out of her eyes

The Street voted the wedding a great success The alley, however, was

rather confused by certain things For instance, it regarded the awning as

essentially for the carriage guests, and showed a tendency to duck in under

the side when no one was looking Mrs Rosenfeld absolutely refused to

take the usher's aruessed she was