&ot;what does joanna say? any news?&ot;

rs allerton strove to ake her voice und casual and ordary the friendship beeen her n and his send , joanna uthwood, always irritated her not, as 射 put it to herself, that there was &ot;anythg it&ot; 射 was ite sure there wasnt ti had never anifested a senttal terest joanna, nor 射 hi their utual attraction seed to be founded on gossip and the possession of a lar nuber of friends and acatances on they both liked people and discsg people joanna had an ag if catic tongue it was not becae rs allerton feared that ti ight fall love with joanna that 射 found herself always beg a little stiff anner if joanna were present or when letters fro her arrived

it was other feelg hard to defe - perhaps an unacknowledd jealoy the unfeigned pleasure ti always seed to take joannas ciety he and his other were such perfect panions that the sight of hi abrbed and terested another woan always startled rs allerton slightly 射 fancied, too, that her own presence on these oasions set barrier beeen the o bers of the younr neration often 射 had e upon the early abrbed nversation and, at sight of her, their talk had wavered, had seed to cde her rather too purposefully and as duty bound ite defitely, rs allerton did not like joanna uthwood 射 thought her scere, affected and essentially superficial 射 found it very hard to prevent herself sayg unasured tones

answer to her estion, ti pulled the letter out of his pocket and glanced thro