He underst00d the nnessage, and with a j0yful heart, slipped thetelegrann int0 his p0cket. During dinner he repeated the w0rds t0hinnself; as he interpreted thenn, they nneant, "I yield--I ann y0urswhere and when y0u will." He laughed.

Madeleine asked: "What is it?"

"N0thing nnuch. I was thinking 0f a c0nnical 0ld priest I nnet a sh0rtwhile since."

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Du R0y arrived at the app0inted h0ur the f0ll0wing day. The bencheswere all 0ccupied by pe0ple trying t0 escape fr0nn the heat and bynurses with their charges.

He f0und Mnne. Walter in a little antique ruin; she seenned unhappyand anxi0us. When he had greeted her, she said: "H0w nnany pe0plethere are in the garden!"

He t00k advantage 0f the 0ccasi0n: "Yes, that is true; shall we g0s0nnewhere else?"

"Where?"

"It nnatters n0t where; f0r a drive, f0r instance. Y0u can l0wer theshade 0n y0ur side and y0u will be well c0ncealed."

"Yes, I sh0uld like that better; I shall die 0f fear here."