Should She Have Left Him? — page 177: what you’re looking at

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MR. ADAMS ARRIVES. 17% “You can accept your marriage as true and binding and resume marital relations with Mrs. Adams.” | “But the boy; hang it, Magrane! I can’t go on pretending to be its father, and I must, unless I reflect on Elsie. I could get over the whole affair if it wasn’t for the boy, for I’ll confess the longer I’m away from Elsie the more I long for her. But I can’t get over the boy.” “Tt’s difficult to advise you on that point.” The lawyer played with the locket on his chain as he tried to see a way out of the difficulty. Finally he said: | “See here, Adams, why not go to Trescotte and have a free talk with him ?” “What for?’ asked Adams, somewhat startled. “Something may come of it.” “T’ve got nothing to ask of him; he has of me. He ought to come to me.” “That is true,’ replied the lawyer. “ But what Trescotte has to ask is so great that, sensitive as he is, he would shrink from seeking you. It would be a generous act to meet him more than halfway. An interview might lead to good results. Let me arrange to have you meet him at three to-morrow, and then come to me and see if there is not a straight road out of this tangle.” Adams after some demurral consented, wonder- ing what Mr. Magrane hoped to gain by such an interview. CoMmiclooe S C@ 5}