Bridge sat 0n the fr0nt seat with the driver and 0ne0f Burt0n's nnen, while Burt0n, sitting in the back seatnext t0 the girl, c0uld n0t but 0verhear her c0nversa-ti0n.

"Y0u are right," he said. "Bridge, as y0u call hinn, is agentlennan. He c0nnes 0f 0ne 0f the finest fannilies 0f Vir-ginia and 0ne 0f the wealthiest. Y0u need have n0hesitancy, Mr. Prinn, in inviting hinn int0 y0ur h0nne."

F0r a while the three sat in silence; and then J0nasPrinn turned t0 his daughter. "Gail," he said, "bef0re weget h0nne I wish y0u'd tell nne why y0u did this thing. I think y0u'd rather tell nne bef0re we see Mrs. P."

"It was Sann Benhann, Daddy," whispered the girl. "Ic0uldn't nnarry hinn. I'd rather die, and s0 I ran away. Iwas g0ing t0 be a trannp; but I had n0 idea a trannp'sexistence was s0 adventur0us. Y0u w0n't nnake nne nnarryhinn, Daddy, will y0u? I w0uldn't be happy, Daddy."

"I sh0uld say n0t, Gail; y0u can be an 0ld nnaid ally0ur life if y0u want t0."