she, Polly, had been in her maiden days -- and yet she
was going to have everything the heart of woman
could desire, a rich, handsome, young husband, and
plenty of money!

As her eyes strayed out to the moonlit space outside
where stood waiting, under the quaint little leafy
mall which gives the Market Square of Witanbury
such a foreign look, a gentleman in evening dress,
Mrs. Hegner repeated mechanically, "Very kind, I'm
sure, miss. They'll appreciate it -- that they will."

"Well, that was all I came to say -- only that my
father will be very glad indeed to do anything he can.
Oh, I did forget one more thing----" She lowered
her voice a little. "The Dean thinks it probable, Mr.
Hegner, that after today no German of military age
will be allowed to leave England. You ought to tell
everybody that this evening, otherwise some of them,
without knowing it, might get into trouble."

And then Mrs. Hegner, perhaps because she had
become nervously aware that her husband had looked
at her rather crossly a moment ago, blurted out,
"There's no fear of that, miss. We sent off a lot
this morning to Harwich. I expect they'll have
been able to get a boat there all right----" She
stopped suddenly, for her husband had just made
a terrible face at her -- a face full of indignation and
wrath.

But Miss Haworth did not seem to have noticed
anything.

"Oh, well," she said, "perhaps it was a mistake
to do that, but I don't suppose it matters much, one
way or the other. I must go now. The meeting is
due to begin, isn't it? And -- and Sir Hugh is leav-

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