She did not even reproach him
because of his affair with Linton.
He stood waiting at the door. He heard the steps on the stairs. He was
ready to clasp her.
But Madeleine Presson came in alone. "The girl has gone, Harlan. The
maid said she ran away after I left her. I was a fool. I dropped your
card!"
He stood dumb and motionless.
"Gone, believing that!" he gasped.
She shook him. "But you can find her. Remember that she is young. She
believed gossip too quickly. You must find her. Hurry! She will only
have to see your eyes to know that they all lied."
He rushed to the door.
"Bring her to me," cried the girl. "I'll know how to help you."
At the railroad station he was told that the special trains had gone
with the visitors who were not in town for the ball.
He did not even know the name of the school from which she had come.
At the State House he at last found some one who had seen and known the
group--an attache of the State educational department. There was no
train that way until midnight.
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