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A SOCIAL METEOR. 95 Finally he stopped in front of her and rousing himself suddenly said, half appealingly : “Ray, do you think it possible that she could be two-faced?” Mrs. Thorne started as though such a thought had never occurred to her. “Oh, ’m sure, I hope not,’ she answered promptly, with a great show of sincerity. ‘That would be terrible. But,” lowering her eyes and lifting them again as if uncertain whether to proceed or not, “Ill tell you one thing, Lee, and that is, that if I had to doit over again I don’t think Iwouldtry tothrow you two together. I’m afraid it was a blunder on my part.” He looked positively alarmed. “What do you mean?’ he asked, dropping heavily into a chair beside her, with a strange sinking of the heart. “Well, simply that I. really can’t make up my ; mind that she will make you the sort of a wife you believe she will,” answered Ray. “She doesn’t appear to return your love as I would like to see her. She seems so halfhearted, so cold, -and she rarely mentions your name to me except in the most casual, commonplace way. Still, it may turn out all right, when you’ve seen more of Eomichbooks Go