CHAPTER XXXIX
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ldisletsthatraisedthemfromthesea.Tibbygaveallthepraisetohimself,andsodespisedthestrugglingandthesubmerged.
Hencetheabsurdityoftheinterviewthegulfbetweenthemwaseconomicaswellasspiritual.ButseveralfactspassedCharlespressedforthemwithanimpertinencethattheundergraduatecouldnotwithstand.OnwhatdatehadHelengoneabroad?Towhom?(CharleswasanxioustofastenthescandalonGermany.)Then,changinghistactics,hesaidroughly:“Isupposeyourealisethatyouareyoursister’sprotector?”
“Inwhatsense?”
“Ifamanplayedaboutwithmysister,I’dsendabulletthroughhim,butperhapsyoudon’tmind.”
“Imindverymuch,”protestedTibby.
“Whod’yesuspect,then?Speakoutman.Onealwayssuspectssomeone.”
“Noone.Idon’tthinkso.”Involuntarilyheblushed.HehadrememberedthesceneinhisOxfordrooms.
“Youarehidingsomething,”saidCharles.Asinterviewsgo,hegotthebestofth
