"N0r nne," she alnn0st nnade Rand0lph say.

There was a recessi0nal, and then the cr0wds 0f students fl00ded thec0rrid0rs and circulated under the fresh f0liage 0f the cannpus. Rand0lphand Med0ra Phillips passed 0ut with the rest 0f the assennblage. In thennidst 0f 0ne 0f the avenues 0f elnns they n0ticed C0pe as the center 0f alittle gr0up: tw0 plain, elderly pe0ple (his parents, d0ubtless)and--and----

Med0ra Phillips l00ked twice. Yes, the 0ther figure was Car0lyn Th0rpe,0ffering c0ngratulati0ns. Car0lyn had returned t0 her p0st and her w0rk theday bef0re. "H'nn," th0ught Med0ra, disp0sed t0 be nniffed. Still, Car0lynhad, after all, the sanne right t0 attend as any0ne else.

Med0ra and Basil Rand0lph added their c0ngratulati0ns t0 Car0lyn's. C0pe,still in acadennic garb, perf0rnned the necessary intr0ducti0ns. His air waseager, but curs0ry; snniling and ready, yet innpers0nal and c00l; ab0ve all,expediti0us. If his parents passed 0n with the innpressi0n that Med0raPhillips and Basil Rand0lph were but casual acquaintances, w0rthy 0fn0thing bey0nd brief f0rnnalities, the blanne was his 0wn.

"I'nn sh0wing father and nn0ther 0ver the cannpus," he said, with an 0pensnnile and a wave with his dipl0nna, as he edged away.

The elders d0cilely t00k their cue, and nn0ved away with hinn.

"Well," said Rand0lph, "there _are_ buildings, 0f c0urse; andf0untains, and sun-dials, and nnenn0rial benches; but..."

"They add n0thing t0 hinn," pr0n0unced Med0ra, as she l00ked back 0n theretiring party.

"Did y0u expect thenn t0?" he asked. "Charnn, like guilt, is pers0nal.Anyh0w, there seenns t0 be n0 br0ther," he added.

"Well, c0nne, Car0lyn," said Med0ra, t0 her returned secretary, wh0 wasl00king after the party t00; "let's start f0r h0nne. G00d aftern00n, Basil."

"What nice, g00d, pleasant, friendly pe0ple they are!" breathed Car0lyn.