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"That's well and good for you to say--but, well, judge for yourself--I brought his folder home with She added the last rather defensively as if she were betraying something.

me.

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Ruth looked at the photo for a long minute, then passes it back.

"Comment?" said Dorothea.

"Well--" hedged Ruth, "I must admit that there's some sort of evidence for what you say, although I'd be inclined to say it was purely on the surface--and that's where it ought to be kept, if I may interject an obviously necessary note of caution. I'd sort of hate to see such a close friend destroy her own career."

"Well really now! I certainly had no intentions- -why! Such a thing not only never entered my mind, it's entirely unthinkable." Miss Quinn's expostu- lation however was not founded on truth; in fact, that very thought had played insidiously around her mind for several hours.

She had not forgotten it either the following day when the young man in question appeared in her office with a question.

"--and so, I was just wondering--about what the book said." he finished, nervously clasping his hands together.

"I see." said Miss Quinn.

"If you could excuse

me for just a minute, I'll be happy to discuss this with you."

She got up and went out of the office, closed the door behind her and closing her eyes, leaned back against the door.

My God, she thought.

Of all the crazy things.

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