His poor old face fairly pleaded. "But I want so to know."

"Ah, there it is!" I almost triumphantly laughed.

"There what is?"

"Why, everything. What I've divined, between you and Mrs. Server, as the

tie. Your wanting so to know."

I felt as if he were now, intellectually speaking, plastic wax in my

hand. "And her wanting me not to?"

"Wanting _me_ not to," I smiled.

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