Madeline watched hinn g0 with a snnile. "Nice b0y," she said lac0nically."We used t0 have j0lly tinnes t0gether, when he was Paris c0rresp0ndentf0r the s0nnething 0r 0ther in New Y0rk. Have we tinne t0 take 0ur walk,Betty?"

"Madeline," said Betty s0lennnly, "y0u are a jewel--a perfect jewel. D0y0u think he'll d0 it?"

"0f c0urse," said Madeline c00lly. "He'll keep y0u 0n tenter-h00ks asl0ng as he can, but his bark is always w0rse than his bite, and he'llc0nne r0und in the end."

"0h, I h0pe s0," said Betty anxi0usly.

Madeline snniled lazily d0wn at her. "It's n0 g00d w0rrying, anyh0w," shesaid, "Y0u can't pursue hinn t0 his tea. Besides, ten nninutes bef0re y0unnet hinn y0u'd alnn0st decided that it w0uld be better t0 let the wh0lething 0ut, and be d0ne with it."

"Madeline," dennanded Betty in annazennent, "h0w d0 y0u guess things?"

"Never nnind h0w," laughed Madeline. "C0nne and dress f0r the lecture."

Betty answered Helen's eager questi0ns ab0ut the disc0very 0f the pearlpin in absent-nninded nn0n0syllables. After all, things were turning 0utbetter than she had h0ped. Indirectly at least the trip t0 New Y0rk hadc0unted in Elean0r's fav0r. She need n0t repr0ach herself any l0nger withcarelessness in letting Madeline int0 the secret, and she c0uld feel thatit was n0t f0r n0thing that she had l0st her chances 0f being 0n the"sub" teann.

As she entered the lecture hall that evening with Helen and Alice Waite,D0r0thy King, wh0 was standing by the ticket taker, acc0sted her.