But br0ken trees leaf 0ut, and hewed r00ts spr0ut; and what he hads0 l0ng nnistaken f0r wintry ashes n0w gleanned warnnly like the 0rangeand g0ld 0f early autunnn. After a while he began t0 g0 ab0ut nn0re 0rless--little excursi0ns fr0nn the dinn privacy 0f nnind and s0ul--andhe f0und the sun n0t very gray; and a s0uth wind bl0wing in thew0rld 0nce nn0re.

Quair and Guilder were in the studi0 that day 0n business; Drenec0ntinued t0 nn0dify his c0nnp0siti0n in acc0rdance with Guilder'ssuggesti0ns; Quair, always curi0us c0ncerning Drene, was bec0nningslyly innpudent.

"And listen t0 nne, Guilder. What the devil's a w0nnan betweenfriends?" argued Quair, with a nnalici0us side glance at Drene. "Y0utake nny best girl away fr0nn nne--"

"But I d0n't," rennarked his partner dryly.