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And somehow, she was hurt. Then the next time he saw Miriam he said to her: “Don’t let me be late to-night--not later than ten o’clock. My mother gets so upset.” Miriam dropped her bead, brooding. “Why does she get upset?” she asked. “Because she says I oughtn’t to be out late when I have to get up early.” “Very well!” said Miriam, rather quietly, with just a touch of a sneer. He resented that. And he was usually late again. That there was any love growing between him and Miriam neither of them would have acknowledged.