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Fledra thought of her own mad affection for Horace, of his love for her, and of how her longing for him stirred the very depths of her soul, uplifting and refreshing it. She nodded her head. "He'll come back to her, all right," she murmured after Ann had gone and she had thrown herself on the bed.
"I told you once, and more than once, that I couldn't tell you. Won't you ever understand?" But Horace did not loosen his hold upon her. He drew the dark head against him tenderly. "You misunderstood, Fledra. I am going to trust you in everything. I am going to put all my faith in you, and to save you and your brother from a fearful life. I must make you my wife!" Fledra drew a long breath.
I didn't mean to hurt you " She stopped speaking, and the pain in his heart reached hers. "Floyd," she cried again, "is there anything the matter with with " "Hush, Fledra darling, little wife, will you be brave for my sake and for the sake of her?" His eyes were still full of tears as he touched the bundle on the bed. "But my babies!" moaned Mrs. Vandecar.
Ann watched him go to the telephone; then, with a premonition of even greater coming evil, she crept back to Floyd. When Horace ushered Brimbecomb into his home, so firm was his belief that the young lawyer had been instrumental in removing Fledra that he restrained himself with difficulty from wringing a confession from the man by violence.
Feeling her nearness, he shifted back, and the small hand fell limply. "Before ye go to Lem," pursued Lon, "I want to tell ye somethin'." Still Fledra did not speak. "Ye know that it'll save Flukey, if ye mind me, and that it don't make no difference if ye don't like Lem." "Wouldn't it have made any difference if my mother hadn't loved you, Pappy Lon?"
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean," Horace answered; "but, I suppose, if a father's children were being kept from him, he could take them if he wished. Fledra, look at me!" She raised her gaze slowly, her somber eyes smiting the watching man as might a blow. Her beseeching expression arrested the bitter speech that rose to his lips.
Oh, Darling, you ought to be the happiest girl in the world!" "I'm happy, all right," said Fledra gravely; "only, I feel sorry for Katherine. Somehow, we changed Daddies, didn't we?" "Yes, Dear, and I feel for her too," lamented Ann. "I can't see how she's going to bear it." "Maybe she's been a praying," said Fledra, "as I did when I thought I was coming to Lem. It does help a lot."
"Scoot if ye want to I don't care. But ye'll remember that I'll kill that sick kid, Fluke, and Lem'll put an end to the Tarrytown duffer what loves ye. I hate him, too!" Fledra dropped to the floor as if he had struck her. For some moments her senses were gone, and she opened her eyes only when Lon, vaguely alarmed, threw water in her face. Cronk entered the scow sullenly and sat down.
"I think, if you were to come and speak with him, he might feel better," said Ann to Horace. "He wants to see you. Fledra is with him." Floyd was quiet now, his large eyes closed with quivering pain. "Floyd!" murmured Horace, touching the lad gently. The lids lifted, and he put up his hand. "I'm glad ye come, Brother Horace," he said in a whisper. "I've been wantin' to talk to ye.
For a long time Miss Shellington stood staring at Everett, and the man as fixedly at her. The movements were still going on in the loft. "How came you here?" cried Ann sharply, when she had at last gathered her senses. "I might ask you the same thing," replied Everett suavely. "This is scarcely a place for a girl like you." "I came after Fledra," she said slowly. "I didn't know "
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