Then she said to Peter Morrison in a low voice: "And that is the why of Marian Thorne's white head.

Anybody tell you that ?" "That white head puzzled me beyond anything I ever saw," he said.

"I meant to ask John about it.

He used to talk to me and write to me often about her, and lately he hasn't; when I came I saw the reason, and so you see I felt reticent on the subject." "Well, there's nothing the matter with my tongue," said Linda.

"It's loose at both ends.