CHAPTER XVII.
What impression had she made?
How far had she overcome the heavy weight of dislike and suspicion Amy had rolled up in his mind?
As Ethel's thoughts went rapidly back over the things Nourse had told her, again and again with excitement she felt what a help he could be if he would.
Here lay the gate to her husband's youth.
"If only he'll believe in me! Shall I send for him?
No," she decided.
"If there's any hope, he'll come again." She waited three days.

Then he telephoned, "Can I see you today at four o'clock ?" She answered, "Yes, I'll be very glad." And she felt a little faint with relief as she hung up the receiver.
When he came in, that afternoon, one glance at him made her exclaim to herself, "He half believes! He's puzzled!" "Well, Mrs.Lanier," he began at once, with more friendliness now in his heavy voice, "if I've made any mistake about you, I'm sorry.

But you must show me first.

If you're real about this, you look to me like a woman who would have thought it all out in the last few days and formed a plan.

What is it ?" His abruptness rather took her breath for a moment.