"Not a thing!" was the earnest answer. But the speaker's fear
rose swiftly, for the linking of these names was
significant--frightfully significant!
The inner door opened, and Mary Turner entered the office.
Garson with difficulty suppressed the cry of distress that rose
to his lips. For a few moments, the silence was unbroken. Then,
presently, Burke, by a gesture, directed the girl to advance
toward the center of the room. As she obeyed, he himself went a
little toward the door, and, when it opened again, and Dick
Gilder appeared, he interposed to check the young man's rush
forward as his gaze fell on his bride, who stood regarding him
with sad eyes.
Garson stared mutely at the burly man in uniform who held their
destinies in the hollow of a hand. His lips parted as if he were
about to speak. Then, he bade defiance to the impulse. He
deemed it safer for all that he should say nothing--now!... And
it is very easy to say a word too many. And that one may be a
word never to be unsaid--or gainsaid.
Then, while still that curious, dynamic silence endured, Cassidy
came briskly into the office.
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