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98 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? determination, then he himself would be firmer iz his own purpose. He therefore awaited the issu« most impatiently. Dorothy had asked her mother if she would see Trescotte, but Mrs. Courtenay declined, and with more bitterness than she had shown before in the interview, and took her leave promising Dorothy she would see her again in a short time. Dorothy, seeking her husband upon her mother’s departure, faithfully reported the interview and con- cluded with the opinion: ““ Now that it is over and the ordeal I dreaded so much is passed, we may settle down and live our tives untroubled.” But Trescotte was far from satisfied that the end was reached. He thought he knew Mrs. Courtenay too well not to know that, desiring an end, she would not abandon the desire after only one at. tempt. And Trescotte was right. One thing had been settled to Mrs. Courtenay’s satisfaction: Dorothy’s reason was as firmly seated as it ever had been. She told her husband so, but he was loath to let go his opinion, and urged that Dr. Balkin should be asked to see his daughter. “Very well,” acquiesced Mrs. Courtenay, “it will do no harm and something may come from it. The doctor is very fond of Dorothy and she of him. He may exert an influence her father and mothe have failed todo.” . She had yielded to her husband’s urgency the more readily, because the visit of Dr. Balkin would CONnIICOO @ cS (GO)