And presently she said without meeting his eyes: "It was even farther back--her grandparents--one of them--" She lifted her head slowly--"That is why it so deeply concerned us, Phil, when we heard of your marriage." "What concerned you ?" "The chance of inheritance--the risk of the taint--of transmitting it.
Her father's erratic brilliancy became more than eccentricity before I knew him.

I would have told you that had I dreamed that you ever could have thought of marrying Alixe Varian.

But how could I know you would meet her out there in the Orient! It was--your cable to us was like a thunderbolt.

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