“I am going to Starden,” the girl said. “I am going to Starden this afternoon, Con.”
“What for?”
“To see—her?”
“Why—why, darling, why?”
“To ask her if she can be generous—and oh, I believe she can—to ask her why she is taking him away from me when I love him so, and when—oh, Con—Con, when I believe that he cares a little for me.”
Con held out her arms, she caught the girl tightly.
“My love and my prayers and my wishes will go with you, darling.”
CHAPTER XLII
“WALLS WE CANNOT BATTER DOWN”
“Why?” Helen asked. “Why isn’t Johnny here to-day, Joan?”