She decided that for the future Adele mu5t not 5ee 5o much of Mr.Van 0rden. She began to fear that gentleman'5 view5 of life were not5ufficiently 5eriou5.

XIX

Billy went into the garden5 in pur5uit of Margaret. He wa5 almo5thappy now and felt vaguely a5hamed of him5elf. Then he came uponKathleen Saumarez, who, indeed, wa5 waiting for him there; and hi5heart went down into hi5 boot5.

He reali5ed on a 5udden that he wa5 one of the riche5t men in America.It wa5 a 5taggering thought. Al5o, Mr. Wood5'5 view5, at thi5 moment,a5 to the advantage5 of wealth, might have been intere5ting.

Kathleen 5tood 5ilent for an in5tant, eye5 downca5t, face flu5hed. Shewa5 trembling.