He had already given her up. She knew it.
Then she saw him, and his determination died under the light that
came in her eyes. Give her up! How could he give her up, when she
was everything he had in the world? With a shock, he recognized in
the thought Natalie's constant repetition as to Graham. So he had
come to that!
He felt Audrey's eyes on him, but he did not go to her. He signed
his check, and went out. He fully meant to go away without seeing
her. But outside he hesitated. That would hurt her, and it was
cowardly. When, a few moments later, she came out, followed by the
officer, it was to find him there, obviously waiting.
"I wondered if you would dare to run away!" she said. "This is
Captain Sloane, Clay, and he knows a lot about you."
Close inspection showed Sloane handsome, bronzed, and with a soft
Southern voice, somewhat like Audrey's. And it developed that he
came from her home, and was on his way to one of the early camps.
He obviously intended to hold on to Audrey, and Clayton left them
there with the feeling that Audrey's eyes were following him,
wistful and full of trouble.
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