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CHAPTER XV
A ITER the brief wordi of the
registry marriage . service,
Mary and Gilbert started .back
the Soho rooms.
Gilbert'! arm vu tucked In here
in a comradely fashion as they
walked, giving her a feeling
t . protection. Even mora. She felt
an unexpected sense of elation,
now that the wedding service was
.' over. ' :
She was still in Jove with Vin
cent Gregg. .She always would be.
But the fact thst she had seen
him with Carls that day no longer
seemed to frightening or so cruel.
This marriage at the registry
gave her a new status. She was
hfrs. Gilbert Lenox. No longer did
, she have to masquerade as Anna
- Winters. A great surge of tender
. ness for the serious, red-headed
American doctor came over her.
"You've saved me from abso
lute defeat," she tried to say.
"You've got a heart as big as you
are. Great Heart that should be
your name or maybe Sir Gala
. bad.". .. ., . . v
Gilbert looked down at her,
.. small and trim by his side. He
even managed a smile, although
Mary could tell he wasn't thinking
of her how. He was impatient to
be on the way to the base hospital
at the front i. .
Almost mechanically he replied,
"You're already looking up your
self, my dear. That outfit does
something for you."
It did, too. The simply styled
dress was a blue that reflected her
eyes and the Tea on the small hat
shadowed the twisted right cheek.'
Her hair was still colorless and
dull and the glowing opal tones
of her skin had been blotted out,
likely for all time, by .the drab
pallor. But new uplifting of her
courage radiated from her.
e e
JN the apartment, Gilbert began
to pack few Intimate posses
sions.
"This Is my mother," J said,
showing her a photograph ot
weei-iacea woman, we re mid-
westerners. There have been doc
tors in my family ever since cov
ered wagons, moved across the
prairies."
: Mary was glad he talked.
Snatches of anecdotes and reveal
ing incidents about his boyhood
land his home In Missouri
; "Have you a girl at home?" she
asked abruptly. Red flamed in her
Xace when the words were said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You haven't asked
anything about me or the man I
love. I've no right to ask you."
"That's quite all right," Gilbert
answered. "Girls maybe, yes. But
as I told you that day on the sun.
porch at the hospital, I've never
been in love real love. That's
something different It has to be."
' Mary was at his side at once.
"Some day youH find someone
who's crazy about you. I know It
You have everything to offer
girt"
She went on in a rush of words,
"What you're doing for me how,
giving me your name while you're
In France letting me use your
money until I can repay it all
that is chivalrous and generous
. ' beyond words. But when you
' come back to England, IH be all
right again. You've pulled me
through and I feel the worst is
already over. The marriage can
be annulled quietly and IH never
( stand in your way. Even now.
, envy the girl who'll be your real
wire your sweetheart"
Mary's eyes lowered "and her
nanas twisted miserably in her
lap.
Gilbert bent down to her. Be
fore either of them were awar nf
it, he had drawn -her .to her ieet
ana encircled her shoulders.
"You want to watch out, Mrs.
Gilbert Lenox, or you might be
. uie giri t mil-in love with." His
f voice grew husky.
In a breathless move, he hsd
. lifted her in his arms, held her as
lightly as If she'd been a dolL The
new tenderness Mary felt for him
began to flame Into something
: stronger. She waited, half hope-
hwi tiya nviuu
: press down hard on her mouth.
at m
rTHE spell broke. Gilbert kissed
, her but lightly, almost in a
brotherly way, and put her down.
Mary remembered her unsightly
face. No, Gilbert Lenox would
never fall in love with her. It
, was pity, not a glimmer of love,
that had made him give her his
name.
" When he had packed his few
thtnffa nnri nut ...nw. T3iui 1.
1" " I. .1 111
his pocket Gilbert wrote out a
few addresses and directions to
her.
"It's not that I'm afraid," he
said. "There's really no danger at
oil. Tm to be well behind the
firing lines not that I wouldn't
like to be right in the thick of the
fight But medics get the breaks
in these wars and if that's where
I can hela most that's where I've i
got to stiO Still, even In the med
ical corps, I'm going to be pretty
far away and it's best to leave
some instructions."
When Mrs. Simmons brought
tea, Gilbert gravely . announced
their marriage to her.
The lodging house landlady
blinked. "Oh, I say!" she began.
"A bride? Congratulations. X
might have guessed after your
taking such good care of her."
"You're to look after Mrs. Lenox
while I'm gone, understand?"
"I will Indeed." the worthy
Britisher said. But all the time,
Mary could read in the candid
face the thoughts that went on be
hind it Mrs. Simmons was ob
viously thinking, "Handsome Dr.
Lenox, him to be saddled with
such a poor little nobody of a
girl."
As they hsd their tea, Dr. Lenox
did not refer again to the brief,
business-like ceremony at the
registry. It was as it they'd been
two people who'd signed a con
tract to make them partners for
a stated time at the end of which
they would go their separate ways.
Nor did Gilbert talk any more
about his departure. Instead, he
was very much the physician in
these last few minutes with Mary
Carroll. He called her Anna, of
course, and every time he said the
word, Mary felt a trace of guilt.
But it was too late now to tell
him her real identity.
, "Dr. O'Connell is doing special
surgery In the same base hospital
where I'll be stationed." Gilbert
said. "I'll give him the history of
your injury and all the facts about
it so when he comes back to Lon
don he'U be posted on the case.
But now, my dear, all the help he
can give you isn't going to be
worth anything if you don't co
operate. You're terribly run down
00 color, no appetite, and your
nerves playing havoc with you."
Mary nodded. With every pass
ing minute, she wss feeling
stronger pang at this parting. She
might never see him again. ...
Her husband! "I understand," aha
began, "l'U do as you order."
"YouYe to get plenty of exer
cise go to tho cinema to relax
drink milk and fairly stun on
nourishing food. I want you in
perfect condition when Dr. O'Con
nell takes you to the hospital.'
He stood up. "It's time for me
to leave."
(To Be Continued)
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