sible, and Mrs. Otway and Rose both accompanied her
to the police station. There, nothing could have been
more kindly than the manner of the police inspector
who handed Anna Bauer her "permit." He went to
some trouble in order to explain to her exactly what it
was she might and might not do.

As Anna seldom had any occasion to travel as far as
five miles from Witanbury Close, her registration
brought with it no hardship at all. Still, she was surprised
and hurt to find herself described as "an enemy
alien." She could assure herself, even now, that she
had no bad feelings against England -- no, none at all!

Though neither her good faithful servant nor her
daughter guessed the fact, Mrs. Otway was the one
inmate of the Trellis House to whom the War, so far,
brought real unease. She felt jarred and upset -- anxious,
too, as she had never yet been, about her money
matters.

More and more she missed Major Guthrie, and yet
the thought of him brought discomfort, almost pain, in
its train. With every allowance made, he was surely
treating her in a very cavalier manner. How odd of
him not to have written! Whenever he had been away
before, he had always written to her, generally more
than once; and now, when she felt that their friendship
had suddenly come closer, he left her without a line.

Her only comfort, during those strange days of restless
waiting for news which never came, were her daily
talks with the Dean. Their mutual love and knowledge
of Germany had always been a strong link between
them, and it was stronger now than ever.

Alone of all the people she saw, Dr. Haworth managed
to make her feel at charity with Germany while

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