But I'm only
good for play. That man this morning said as much, when we fussed
about my spelling. He said I'd better write a new dictionary."
Clayton threw back his head and laughed, and after a moment she
laughed, too. But as he went on his face was grave. Somebody ought
to be looking after her. It was not for some time that he realized
he carried the absurd little spelling-book. He took it back to the
office with him, and put it in the back of a drawer of his desk.
Joey, coming in some time later, found him, with the drawer open,
and something in his hands which he hastily put away. Later on,
Joey investigated that drawer, and found the little book. He
inspected it with a mixture of surprise and scorn.
"Spelling!" he muttered. "And a hundred dollar a month girl to
spell for him!"
It was Rodney Page who forced Audrey out of her seclusion.
Rodney had had a prosperous year, and for some time his conscience
had been bothering him. For a good many years he had blithely
accepted the invitations of his friends - dinners, balls, week-end
and yachting parties, paying his way with an occasional box of
flowers.
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