Applicants are to come to my office. Those who read
it, and who know me, will think I want a nurse for one of my invalids,
of course."
"You will be very careful in your selection, Guy?"
"Certainly. My life depends upon it. It is a terrible risk to run,
Blanche, for a foolish little girl."
"Bah! Quaking already? And you pretend to love her?"
"I do love her!" the young man cried, passionately. "I love her to
madness, or I would not risk life and liberty to obtain her."
"I don't see the risk," said Mrs. Blanche, coldly. "You have the cards
in your own hands--play them as you choose. Only you and I know the
secret."
Dr. Oleander looked at his fair relative with a very gloomy face.
"A secret that two know is a secret no longer."
"Do you dare doubt me?" demanded the lady, fiercely.
"No--yes--I don't know. Oh! never look so haughtily insulted, Mrs.
Walraven. I almost doubt myself. It's my first felony, and it is natural
a fellow should quake a little. But Mollie is worth the risk--worth ten
thousand risks. If it were to do over again, I would do it.
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