What more
do you want?"
"You're very sure you are drawing the right deductions?" he asked.
"I wish you would sit down and let me tell you of that day," said Leslie.
"I have come to you for help," said James Minturn. "I would be more than
glad, if you'd be so kind."
At the end: "I don't think I've missed a word," said Leslie. "That day is
and always will be sharply outlined."
"You've not heard from her since that note?" he asked. "You don't know
where she is?"
"No," said Leslie. "I haven't an idea where you could find her; but
because of her lawyer superintending the hospital repairs, because of the
wonderful way things are being done, Daddy thinks it's sure that the work
is in John Haynes' hands, and that she is directing it through him."
"If it were not for the war, I would know," said Mr. Minturn. "But
understanding her as I do----"
"I think instead of understanding her so well, you scarcely know her at
all," said Leslie gently. "You may have had a few months of her real
nature to begin with, but when her rearing and environment ruled her life,
the real woman was either perverted or had small chance.
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